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Difference Engine Computer. All even numbered columns 2 4 6 8 are added to all odd numbered columns 1 3 5 7 simultaneously. Due to a lack of funding he was never able to complete a full scale functional version of this machine.

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Babbage was an english mathematician and inventor. The difference engine designed in the 1820s by the english mathematician and inventor charles babbage was intended to automatically compute mathematical tables which until that time had been tediously calculated by hand and were prone to error. He invented the cowcatcher reformed the british postal system and was a pioneer in the fields of operations research and actuarial science.

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His first design known as difference engine 1 was a massive thing requiring some 25 000 parts in an era of non standard tools and hardware. He invented the cowcatcher reformed the british postal system and was a pioneer in the fields of operations research and actuarial science. Due to a lack of funding he was never able to complete a full scale functional version of this machine. Babbage saw an opportunity to revolutionize the field.

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