&quot;We have been pecking away at Babbage’s original design drawings for some while now and have found with regret that we are unable to reverse engineer a coherent and consistent understanding of the Analytical Engine from the mechanical drawings alone. &quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.plan28.org&#x2F;2016&#x2F;05&#x2F;spring-2016-report-to-computer.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.plan28.org&#x2F;2016&#x2F;05&#x2F;spring-2016-report-to-compute...</a><p>If you read further, it becomes pretty clear that it&#x27;s more or less a theoretical idea. A great one though, granted.