when they were spoken by Charles Babbage (1791-1871). By 1812, Babbage had noticed that mathematics and machine were meant to work with each other. ... Babbage invented his first calculating machine that solved differential equations and dubbed it the "differential machine." ... Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1842) and daughter of English poet Lord Byron, helped Babbage invent many machines. She was one of the few people that understood the way an engine worked just as well as Babbage did. ...

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It wasn't until 1820 when a Frenchman, Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar invented a mechanical calculator (the arithometer) that add, subtract, multiply and divide. ... However some past historians have stated that the real beginnings came with Charles Babbage (1791 - 1871). ... By 1812, Babbage noticed a natural harmony between machines and mathematics. ... Babbage's assistant, Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (1815 - 1842) however kept on with Babbage's ideas. ... While Charles Babbage was working on his Difference Engine, another Frenchman by the name of Joseph-Marie Jacq...

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The real beginnings of computers start with an English mathematics professor, Charles Babbage. ... Babbage's first attempt was in 1822 when he proposed a machine to perform differential equations, called a Difference Engine. ... After working on the Difference Engine for ten years, Babbage was suddenly inspired to begin work on the first general-purpose computer, which he called the Analytical Engine. Babbage's assistant, Augusta Ada King, daughter of poet Lord Byron, was instrumental in the machine's design. ... Babbage borrowed the idea of punch cards to encode the machine&#...

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