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Sketch of the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage, Esq.
The most complete contemporary account in English of the intended design and operation of the first programmable digital computer.
"Article XXIX," extracted from Scientific memoirs, Vol. 3, 1843 Translated, with notes, by Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, daughter of Byron. It was original published by Luigi Federico Menabrea as ‘Notions sur la machine analytique de M. Charles Babbage,’ pp. 352-376 in: Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève. Nouvelle Série, Tome 41.
"Article XXIX," extracted from Scientific memoirs, Vol. 3, 1843 Translated, with notes, by Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, daughter of Byron. It was original published by Luigi Federico Menabrea as ‘Notions sur la machine analytique de M. Charles Babbage,’ pp. 352-376 in: Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève. Nouvelle Série, Tome 41.
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In 1840 Babbage traveled to Turin to make a presentation on the Analytical Engine. Babbage’s talk, complete with charts, drawings, models, and mechanical notations, emphasized the Engine’s signal feature: its ability to guide its own operations—what we call conditional branching. In attendance at Babbage’s lecture was the young Italian mathematician Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809-1896), who prepared from his notes an account of the principles of the Analytical Engine. “Menabrea’s 23-page paper was translated into English the following year by Lord Byron’s daughter, Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, who, in collaboration with Babbage, added a series of lengthy notes enlarging on the intended design and operation of Babbage’s machine. Menabrea’s paper and Ada Lovelace’s translation represent the only detailed publications on the Analytical Engine before Babbage’s account in his autobiography (1864).
I made the proofing of this book for Free Literature and Project Gutenberg will publish it.
In 1840 Babbage traveled to Turin to make a presentation on the Analytical Engine. Babbage’s talk, complete with charts, drawings, models, and mechanical notations, emphasized the Engine’s signal feature: its ability to guide its own operations—what we call conditional branching. In attendance at Babbage’s lecture was the young Italian mathematician Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809-1896), who prepared from his notes an account of the principles of the Analytical Engine. “Menabrea’s 23-page paper was translated into English the following year by Lord Byron’s daughter, Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, who, in collaboration with Babbage, added a series of lengthy notes enlarging on the intended design and operation of Babbage’s machine. Menabrea’s paper and Ada Lovelace’s translation represent the only detailed publications on the Analytical Engine before Babbage’s account in his autobiography (1864).
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