Babbage then turned his attention to the Analytical Engine and completely abandoned the Difference Engine by 1842. Although never completed, it did improve the precision of Britain's machine-tool ...

A programmable calculator designed by British scientist Charles Babbage. After his Difference Engine failed its test in 1833, Babbage started the design of the Analytical Engine in 1834.

Babbage's machines include a mechanical calculator called the "Difference Engine" which started its development in 1823 following £1,700 in funding from the British government, who wound up ...

The central artifact of the exhibit, a faithful construction of Englishman Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2 under the guidance of Babbage Project director Doron Swade, will be on display ...

Ludgate also refers to the work of Charles Babbage who had previously invented two Difference Engines and then and Analytical Machine. However, Babbage died before his machine was completed and ...