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Pehr-Georg and Edvard Scheutz’s Difference Engine Explained — Everything You Need To Know

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 ...
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Booting Up a Computer Pioneer’s 200-Year-Old Design

Frustrated by human error, mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage designed a machine to perform mathematical functions and automatically print the results. Library of Congress When today’s number ...