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unusual facts about Analytical Engine



Federico Luigi Menabrea

Among his notable publications: Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage, Esq. with notes by translator Ada Lovelace (1842), which described many aspects of computer architecture and programming.

Joseph Marie Jacquard

Charles Babbage owned one of these portraits; it inspired him in using perforated cards in his analytical engine.

Percy Ludgate

Working alone, Ludgate designed an Analytical Engine while unaware of Charles Babbage's designs, although he later went on to write about Babbage's machine.


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