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Babbage was a classical example of "there comes a time on every project where it is necessary to shoot the engineers and just get on with building the thing", in other words he could not stop fiddling with the design and improving on it. At some point one must decide to freeze the design and just build what you have now, Babbage could not do that.
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- no standard screws
- no standard gears
- arguments with machinist
- lack of mechanical drawing standards
- tendency to drop projects before finishing to do something better
- machines with that many parts had never been built before
- etc.
But machining tolerances of the time were not a problem.
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What was Charles Babbage obsessed with?
Charles Babbage the mathematical inventor didnt have much hobbies excepte making plans for inventions and spendind time with his kids and wife.
How did Charles Babbage got idea to make computer?
Babbage said that drowsing over a book of log tables, (as one does) he got the idea of a machine to do the calculating. But there is not only one person to credit. In my subconscious (over which I have no responsibility) Napier's bones comes to mind. There is a good article in wikipedia under invention of computer.
Was the computer invented in 1890s?
Sorry, I made a mistake and I hope I did not case you trouble. There is a big line when we define a computer, it is not like we look at out computers today. Something making a calculation can be a computer. The first computer, which is on display, and called a computer, was invented in 1847 by Charles Babbage. This question has been answered before on wiki answers, and the page is very long depending on what class is considered a computer, so as it seems it would have to be asked by what class of computer to get the right answer.
When was the computer first originated?
The history of computers back to the early 1880's. The ancient form of modern computer were the electronic calculating device. The first computer was developed by the International Business Machines ( I B M ). The computers owes its origin to Charls Babbage who is referred to as the father of computers. You can avail more useful articles related to computers from
What materials did Charles Babbage use to make the first computer?
Mild steel, brass, etc. He never actually built anything because he couldn't commit to a single design, he argued too much with his machinist that was making the parts, and Parliament canceled his project and funding for lack of timely progress.
