Of the Analytical Engine (by Charles Babbage, 1864)


	Of the Analytical Engine (by Charles Babbage, 1864)

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8-16-2008 10:00 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/32928201-90e5-4c66-bda1-78c9d97f508f/A6CCB432-B23A-487B-BBC5-76164A8D3B57/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/lpae.html" href="http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/lpae.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.fourmilab.ch</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/lpae.html"><EM>Passages from the Life of a Philosopher</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/lpae.html">BY<BR /><FONT size="+1">CHARLES BABBAGE</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/lpae.html"><H2>OF THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/lpae.html"><H3>1864</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/lpae.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.fourmilab.ch/img/EB3376B1-E0D4-4F9E-A01C-91E9F98CCFB6" alt="Picture of Charles Babbage" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Analytical_engine&oldid=232058867" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Analytical_engine&oldid=232058867" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Analytical_engine&oldid=232058867"><P>The <B>analytical engine</B>, an important step in the <A class="mw-redirect" title="History of computers" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computers">history of computers</A>, was the design of a mechanical general-purpose <A title="Computer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer">computer</A> by the British mathematician <A title="Charles Babbage" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage">Charles Babbage</A>. It was first described in 1837, but Babbage continued to work on the design until his death in 1871. Because of financial, political, and legal issues, the engine was never actually built. 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