Ivan Reese on Nostr: Charles Babbage tried to have organ grinders banned because they interfered with his ...
Charles Babbage tried to have organ grinders banned because they interfered with his thinking. When he fell ill late in life, word got out and organ grinders mobbed around his house, grinding away until he died.
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