Ham Radio Manuals Online » History http://hamradiomanualsonline.com Technical Manuals for Amateur Radio Enthusiasts Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:32:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Charles Babbage and his Difference Engine http://hamradiomanualsonline.com/2009/12/11/charles-babbage-and-his-difference-engine/ http://hamradiomanualsonline.com/2009/12/11/charles-babbage-and-his-difference-engine/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:55:38 +0000 admin http://hamradiomanualsonline.com/?p=165

[Recorded: April 2008]

Charles Babbage (1791-1871), computer pioneer, designed the first automatic computing engines. He invented computers but failed to build them. The first complete Babbage Engine was completed in London in 2002, 153 years after it was designed. Difference Engine No. 2, built faithfully to the original drawings, consists of 8,000 parts, weighs five tons, and [...]]]> http://hamradiomanualsonline.com/2009/12/11/charles-babbage-and-his-difference-engine/feed/ 0