Created by Charles Babbage, the Analytical Engine was a general-purpose, completely program-controlled, mechanical digital computer with no human intervention. It was designed to be programmed using ...

The history of science and technology often features brilliant inventors whose ideas change the world forever. But every major invention is followed by people improving, applying, and expanding those ...

Charles Babbage is widely recognized for inventing the first mechanical computer, the Difference Engine, in 1821. However, he never managed to build any of his many designs. Pehr-Georg Scheutz, a ...

As you might expect from its name, the "Difference Engine" is a strangely difficult object to describe. You might start by imagining the side of a large crib with uprights ringed by small metal wheels ...

A note on the value of money in the nineteenth century -- pt. 1. The difference engine -- ch. 1. The tables crisis -- ch. 2. A personal question -- ch. 3. Tragedy and decline -- ch. 4. Miracles and ...