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Charles Babbage

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The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.


— Charles Babbage


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In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race.


— Charles Babbage


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Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which is made by the stroke of a die.


— Charles Babbage


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A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power.


— Charles Babbage


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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.


— Charles Babbage


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At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.


— Charles Babbage


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In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase of velocity becomes more striking.


— Charles Babbage


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It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue.


— Charles Babbage


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It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge.


— Charles Babbage


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Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.


— Charles Babbage


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About Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage Quotes




Did you know about Charles Babbage?

However after the obituary appeared a nephew wrote to say that Charles Babbage was born one year earlier in 1791. The book is a work of natural theology and incorporates extracts from correspondence he had been having with John Herschel on the subject. The main difference between the two engines is that the Analytical Engine could be programmed using punched cards.

Nine years later the Science Museum completed the printer Babbage had designed for the difference engine. In 1991 a perfectly functioning difference engine was constructed from Babbage's original plans.

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