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'Bombe' decoding machine, Bletchley Park.
'Bombe' decoding machine, Bletchley Park. - by John Ware ©
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Photographer: © John Ware (Gallery)(19th November 2008)
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'Bombe' decoding machine, Bletchley Park.

The first versions of these were invented by the Poles in the 1930's to decrypt enigma codes. Seeing (and hearing) one of these later models operating is a really quite impressive.
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Camera Make: Canon Model: Canon PowerShot S70
Exposure Program: Program, Focal length: 5.8 mm, Aperture: f 2.8, ISO: 400, Exposure time: 1/60 sec, Metering Mode: Center Weighted Average, Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Date/Time Creation: September 25, 2007, 4:40 pm
ImageID:1077324, Image size: 500 x 406 pixels

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