The complete online text of On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Charles Babbage.

Charles Babbage is considered the creator of modern computers. A mathematician and 19th century British intellectual, he conceived of a steam driven Difference Engine that could automatically calculate and print error-free mathematical tables. He later d...

Charles Babbage is considered the creator of modern computers.A mathematician and 19th century British intellectual, he conceived of a steam driven Difference Enginethat could automatically calculate and print error-free mathematical tables. He later dev...

Charles Babbage, the son of a wealthy English banker, was born in the early years of the Industrial Revolution. As that revolution progressed, he became one of its foremost--and most controversial--spokesmen. Because of his views on what the scientific m...

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By the time you read this, George W. Bush will be president of the United States. And regardless of whether the country is going through a temporary slowdown or headed for a genuine recession, one of his top priorities will be the nation's...