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 ...
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Beware the ‘sameness engine’: Never forget that we’re here to create, not iterate
In the early 19th century, Charles Babbage invented an automated calculation machine he named the ‘difference engine’. While Babbage’s original Difference Engine was judged a failure (time and costs ...
This is the first printing calculator sold. From ancient times, scientists and mathematicians have calculated numerical tables. These tables were often rife with error, both from incorrect ...
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