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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: The history of science and technology.

    First published in 1997 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: La macchina analitica: un secolo di calcolo automatico

    First published in 1973 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A letter to T.P. Courtenay, on the proportionate number of births of the two sexes under different circumstances

    First published in 1829 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Mathematical papers.

    First published in 1989 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Memoir of the life and labours of Charles Babbage ...: a descriptive and historical account of his analytical and difference engines

    First published in 1976 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Ninth Bridgwater Treatise Fragment

    First published in 1967 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Observations on the discovery in various localities of the remains of human art: mixed with the bones of extinct races of animals.

    First published in 1859 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1824 1 edition in 1 language
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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 portions of the earth's surface in remote periods, and to prove that those causes continue in action at the present time. With a supplement. Conjectures on the physical condition of the surface of the moon.

    First published in 1847 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: On currency, on a new system of manufacturing, andon the effet of machinery on human labour.

    First published in 1833 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: On machinery for calculating and printing mathematical tables

    First published in 1822 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: On the advantage of a collection of numbers, to be entitled the constants of nature and of art

    First published in 1832 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: On the theoretical principles of the machinery for calculating tables

    First published in 1823 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Scientific and miscellaneous papers.

    First published in 1989 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Specimen of logarithmic tables printed with different coloured inks on variously coloured papers

    First published in 1832 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Tables of logarithms of the natural numbers from 1 to 108,000.

    First published in 1831 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Ninth Bridgwater Treatise Fragment

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  • Cover of: A chapter on street nuisances: extracted from Passages in the life of a philosopher

    First published in 1864 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1826 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Exposition of 1851, or, Views of the industry, the science, and the government, of England

    First published in 1851 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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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), Machinery, Mathematicians, Scientists, Babbage, charles, 1792-1871, Computers, Early works to 1900, Life insurance, Logarithms, 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
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September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import