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The Babbage Engine
URL: http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/

Description:
In this exhibit about the first designed automatic computing machine known as the Babbage engine, "learn more about this extraordinary object, its designer Charles Babbage and the team of people who undertook to build it." The first complete Babbage Engine "was completed in London in 2002, 153 years after it was designed." Includes diagrams and photos, a video clip, and a collection of biographies of key people. From the Computer History Museum.

Publisher:
Computer History Museum

Extra Keywords
Ada Lovelace difference Analytical

LII Database Information:
Record 26439 created by Jennifer English on 06/30/2008
Last modification on 08/13/2008
Published: 08/13/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26439