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    The document summarizes an article from The London Times published on June 18, 1824 about Charles Babbage's mechanical computer called the difference engine. The 5 foot tall machine, consisting of over 7,000 parts, can automatically add and subtract using gears, rods, wheels and arms. It took Babbage 19 years and over £17,000 to complete the calculating engine. However, Babbage's new analytical engine may never be finished due to lack of government funding and skepticism about whether it will fulfill Babbage's promises given the complexity and expense of the project.

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    The document summarizes an article from The London Times published on June 18, 1824 about Charles Babbage's mechanical computer called the difference engine. The 5 foot tall machine, consisting of over 7,000 parts, can automatically add and subtract using gears, rods, wheels and arms. It took Babbage 19 years and over £17,000 to complete the calculating engine. However, Babbage's new analytical engine may never be finished due to lack of government funding and skepticism about whether it will fulfill Babbage's promises given the complexity and expense of the project.

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    The document summarizes an article from The London Times published on June 18, 1824 about Charles Babbage's mechanical computer called the difference engine. The 5 foot tall machine, consisting of over 7,000 parts, can automatically add and subtract using gears, rods, wheels and arms. It took Babbage 19 years and over £17,000 to complete the calculating engine. However, Babbage's new analytical engine may never be finished due to lack of government funding and skepticism about whether it will fulfill Babbage's promises given the complexity and expense of the project.

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    The document summarizes an article from The London Times published on June 18, 1824 about Charles Babbage's mechanical computer called the difference engine. The 5 foot tall machine, consisting of over 7,000 parts, can automatically add and subtract using gears, rods, wheels and arms. It took Babbage 19 years and over £17,000 to complete the calculating engine. However, Babbage's new analytical engine may never be finished due to lack of government funding and skepticism about whether it will fulfill Babbage's promises given the complexity and expense of the project.

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    The London Times


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    London, England Monday, June 18, 1824


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    Charles Babbage age 41


    has been credited with the
    design of the first
    mechanical computer.
    consisting of over 7,000
    parts this 5 foot tall
    machine can add and
    subtract automatically.
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    Using gears, rods, wheels,
    arms and more gears the
    differential engine adds or
    subtracts then writes on
    paper to produce tables.
    This calculating engine
    was no small task though,
    costing over 17,000 and
    19 years of work for

    this machine may never get


    finished. Due to the
    government's unwillingness
    to fund further projects and
    the fact that the difference
    engine did not do what
    Babbage promised, making
    the government skeptical,
    and the fact that this new
    machine is very complex and
    expensive. whatever happens
    to Babbages engine we hope
    that someday this new
    technology will advance and
    easy computing will be
    available to normal citizens
    nulla.

    Charles Babbage. However


    Babbage isnt stopping, he
    is already starting to draw
    sketches for the analytical
    engine. A device more
    complex and overall better
    than before. However

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