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December 26th, 1791
Charles Babbage was born in London, United Kingdom -
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Education
Trinity College, Cambridge (received MA) -
Analytical Society
Babbage, John Herschel, George Peacock founded the Analytic Society -
Difference Engine
Babbage intended to compile and print mathematical tables -
First steps
Charles Babbage was finding ways to construct machines that would construct numbers -
Logarithms and death of family members
Babbage published a table of logarithms from 1 to 108000. His father, wife, and one son died -
British Association
Babbage founded the British Association for the Advancement of Science -
“Economy of Manufactures and Machinery”
Babbage published the “Economy of Manufactures and Machinery” -
Ada Lovelace and Analytical Engine
Ada Lovelace meets Charles Babbage. Babbage also started working on the Analytical Engine that was intended to perform any mathematical task -
Statistical Society of London
Babbage founded the Statistical Society of London -
Analytic Engine
Babbage published a paper that described the Analytic Engine, which was called mechanical computer at the time of published -
Completion of the Analytical Engine
Design of the Analytical Engine completed -
“Passages from the Life of a Philosopher”
Babbage published the “Passages from the Life of a Philosopher” -
Death
Died in London. England -
Science Museum of London
A project to build a complete Babbage Engine was launched