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Strangest Things

Babbage promises the government a finished machinein three years, but Difference Engine...

Babbage promises the government a finished machine
in three years, but Difference Engine No. 1, which
is just the prototype, takes nine

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Babbage promises the government
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a finished machine in three years,
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but Difference Engine No. 1, which is just the prototype, takes nine.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:52
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
9
Genres
documentary
Production
A+E Networks,Blink Films

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Movie Summary

From a piece of meteorite found in Tutankhamun's tomb to the Crown of Thorns, explore some of the most perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms.
S01 • E08 H1 is unlike any clock seen before. - Strangest Things 00:04
H1 is unlike any clock seen before.
S01 • E03 This is effectively a 500-year-old, - Strangest Things 00:08
This is effectively a 500-year-old,
S01 • E06 And Asmund has a lot of experience using PVC, - Strangest Things 00:07
And Asmund has a lot of experience using PVC,
S01 • E07 It's made out of one piece of obsidian which is quite hard to find - Strangest Things 00:07
It's made out of one piece of obsidian which is quite h...
S01 • E04 But clearly, someone knew enough to know - Strangest Things 00:12
But clearly, someone knew enough to know
S01 • E01 Even more importantly, there's no motive. - Strangest Things 00:05
Even more importantly, there's no motive.
S01 • E02 The idea of Dr. Merryweather was not completely crazy at all. - Strangest Things 00:05
The idea of Dr. Merryweather was not completely crazy at all...
S01 • E05 [Mark] It's a very highly developed piece - Strangest Things 00:06
[Mark] It's a very highly developed piece
S01 • E02 It was a very nice experiment, and maybe there's some truth in it. - Strangest Things 00:05
It was a very nice experiment, and maybe there's some t...
S01 • E01 We do have to remember that Drees clearly had the best of intentions, you know, - Strangest Things 00:08
We do have to remember that Drees clearly had the best of in...
S01 • E07 They must've really looked hard - Strangest Things 00:07
They must've really looked hard
S01 • E06 And between them, they come up with a mannequin - Strangest Things 00:09
And between them, they come up with a mannequin
S01 • E03 [narrator] Perhaps the proof of just how well it works - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] Perhaps the proof of just how well it works
S01 • E09 As well as the challenge of precision engineering, - Strangest Things 00:10
As well as the challenge of precision engineering,
S01 • E05 So, clearly whoever made it - Strangest Things 00:07
So, clearly whoever made it
S01 • E08 In 1736, Harrison takes H1 on a test voyage to Lisbon and back. - Strangest Things 00:06
In 1736, Harrison takes H1 on a test voyage to Lisbon and ba...
S01 • E02 [narrator] But if his tempest prognosticator actually works, - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] But if his tempest prognosticator actually works,
S01 • E03 After losing his hands, Gotz continues to live for 58 years, - Strangest Things 00:14
After losing his hands, Gotz continues to live for 58 years,
S01 • E07 [narrator] But to produce this mirror-like finish, - Strangest Things 00:10
[narrator] But to produce this mirror-like finish,
S01 • E01 It's not like he was trying to sell it - Strangest Things 00:05
It's not like he was trying to sell it