Chapter ID: CBB000068491

“It will not slice a pineapple”: Babbage, miracles and machines (1996)

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Description On the failure in 1833 of Babbage's ten-year project to build Difference Engine No. 1.


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Book Spufford, Francis; Uglow, Jenny (1996) Cultural Babbage: Technology, time and invention. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Wilkes, Maurice V.
Bont, Raf de
Petrocelli, Carla
Ursula Martin
De Ceglie, Rossella
Williams, M. R.
Concepts
Controversies and disputes
Mathematics
History of Computing
Historical reconstruction
Communication within scientific contexts
Personality of the scientist
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
Places
Great Britain
British Isles
Germany
Naples (Italy)
Cambridge (England)
Italy
Institutions
Analytical Society
Cambridge University
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