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3 unusual facts about King George III Museum


King George III Museum

The collection of scientific and mathematical instruments assembled by George III, after whom the museum is named, was donated to the university by Queen Victoria in 1841, and the museum was opened by Albert, Prince Consort on 1 July 1843.

It counted among its collections the unfinished prototype of the Difference Engine No. 1, designed by Charles Babbage, considered a "father of the computer".

The King George III Museum was a museum within King's College London, England between 1843 and 1927 which held the collections of scientific instruments of George III as well as eminent nineteenth-century scientists including Sir Charles Wheatstone and Charles Babbage.



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