Sketch of the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage, Esq.
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Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician considered by many as the first computer scientist in history. Soon after the (never built) invention of the “Analytical Engine” by Charles Babbage, i.e. the first mechanical computer, Ada Lovelace became interested in this machine. She began an intense exchange of ideas and notes with Charles Babbage through the years and translated an article of the Italian engineer Luigi Menabrea on the Analytical Engine.This book presents the translated article together with Ada Lovelace’s added notes, that constitute the bulk of the text. She included several insi...
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- SKETCH OF THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE INVENTED BY CHARLES BABBAGE, ESQ.
- ARTICLE XXIX.
- FOOTNOTES:
- NOTES BY THE TRANSLATOR.
- NOTE A.—Page 9.
- NOTE B.—Page 11.
- NOTE C.—Page 12.
- NOTE D.—Page 15.
- NOTE E.—Page 19.
- NOTE F.—Page 23.
- NOTE G.—Page 24.
- FOOTNOTES:
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