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The 3 machines that Babbage designed (in order) are:
- Difference Engine #1
- Analytical Engine
- Difference Engine #2
He failed to build ANY of them and Parliament cut his funding completely while he was designing the Analytical Engine because he had failed to deliver a working Difference Engine.
Two copies of Difference Engine #2 were built a few years ago, by the London Science Museum, to test if Babbage actually could have built it with early 19th century materials and machine shop practices. Both are beautiful operating Victorian era industrial automatic calculators, weighing about 4 tons. Reliability is a bit low though, mostly due to very fragile carry levers.
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What other scientists did Charles Babbage work with?
Charles Babbage worked with John Herschel, George Peacock, and Edward Ryan. My source is linked below.
Charles Babbage nickname?
Answer:Although some unreliable sources list Charles Babbage's full name as Charles Henry Babbage, historians consistently refer to him simply as Charles Babbage, with no middle name, and that is how his name is published in both his official wedding announcement and his obituary.(Major General) Henry (Prevost) Babbage was the youngest of Charles Babbage's sons who lived to maturity.Answer:According to Wikipedia, as well as many other sources, it appears that Charles Babbage is his full name.For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.
Who are the forefathers of computer?
Blaise Pascal, Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, Haskell Brooks Curry, Alonzo Church, John von Neumann, and Grace Hopper are some of the person that, in one way or the other, started the ball rolling. Hope this helps!
What are the two classifications of computers that Charles Babbage is responsible for?
He is famous for his mechanical machines he designed, the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine, though he did not actually fully build them. They were completed by others after he died. He is also credited with inventing other things. He invented the frame at the front of locomotives that help clear items from a rail line, which is called a pilot or a cow catcher. He also invented an ophthalmoscope, a device for examining the eye.
Charles Babbage is the originator of what technology?
In 1834 Charles Babbage (1791-1871) designed the forerunner of the computer, the mechanical Analytical Engine. It was designed to perform complicated calculations such as multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction.
