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  1. steps.  But the logarithmic tables of the day had all been calculated by hand, and inevitably contained mistakes that could prove deadly at sea.
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  3. The Difference Engine was finally built in Sweden by George Scheutz after Babbage ran out of money in England.
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  5. However Babbage's next