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Charles Babbage

English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer

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English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer (1791-1871)

Born 1791
Died 1871

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  • Cover of: Thoughts on the principles of taxation, with reference to a property tax, and its exceptions.

    First published in 1851 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Babbage's Calculating Engines: Being a Collection of Papers Relating to Them; Their History and Construction. Cambridge Library Collection. Mathematics

    First published in 2019 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Essay on General Principles Which Regulate the Application of Machinery to Manufactures

    First published in 2015 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Table of Logarithms of the Natural Numbers: From 1 To 108000

    First published in 2018 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Charles Babbage

    First published in 2000 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Memoirs of the Analytical Society

    First published in 2013 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Examples of the Solutions of Functional Equations

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  • Cover of: Science and reform: selected works of Charles Babbage

    First published in 1989 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Observations on the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli Near Naples; With an Attempt to Explain the Causes of the Frequent Elevation and Depression of Large ... Prove That Those Causes Continue in Action at

    First published in 2012 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1852 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Abstract of a Paper entitled. Observations on the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli: with remarks on certain causes which may produce geological cycles of great extent

    First published in 1834 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The analytical engine and mechanical notation.

    First published in 1989 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: An examination of some questions connected with games of chance.

    First published in 1953 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Babbage's occulting telegraph.

    First published in 1889 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Barometrical observations made at the fall of the Staubbach

    First published in 1822 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: chapter on street nuisances.

    First published in 1864 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Charles Babbage on the Principles and Development of the Calculator and Other Seminal Writings

    First published in 1984 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Demonstration of a theorem relating to prime numbers

    First published in 1819 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: difference engine and table making.

    First published in 1989 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Exposition of Eighteen Fifty-One: Or, Views of the Industry, the Science and the Government of England

    First published in 1968 — 1 edition
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Photo of Charles Babbage

English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer (1791-1871)

Born 1791
Died 1871

Subjects

Calculators, Science, History, Mathematics, Biography, Natural theology, Tables, Income tax, Taxation, Correspondence, Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England), Logarithms, Machinery, Mathematicians, Scientists, Babbage, charles, 1792-1871, Computers, Early works to 1900, Life insurance, Mortality, Notation, Economics, Functional equations, Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50043081, Manufactures

Places

Great Britain, England, Europe, Italy, London, London (England), Mediterranean Sea, New York, New York (State), Pozzuoli, Switzerland

People

Charles Babbage (1791-1871), Georg Scheutz (1785-1873)

Time

1961-

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Alternative names

  • Babbage, Charles, 1792-1871.
  • Charles Babbage
  • Charles Babbage 1832
  • Babbage, Charles, Charles

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September 8, 2023 Edited by David Scotson added data from wikidata
September 8, 2023 Edited by David Scotson Added new photo
September 8, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import