Babbage's Method of Differences. Photograph illustrating the Method of Differences on which Charles Babbage (1792-1871) based his mechanical computer. The image includes several pages from Babbage's notebooks and a representation of the Method of Differences,all on a background of a modern microchip circuit. Babbage's first design,the Difference Engine,was intended to calculate logarithms. His second design,the Analytical Engine,was for more complex calculations and had many features seen in modern computers - such as punched card data input. A working example of the Second Difference Engine was completed by London's Science Museum in 1991 | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Evelegh, Frances |
Bildgröße: | 3948 px × 3072 px |
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