Charles Babbage
Conceived the first automatic computing engine
Quotes by Charles Babbage
The Analytical Engine is not merely a calculating machine, but a machine for operating upon symbols generally.
My mind is perpetually occupied with the construction of my machines.
The difference engine is a machine for tabulating mathematical functions.
I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam!
The great advantage of the Analytical Engine is that it is not only capable of executing calculations, but of executing them in any order and any number of times.
Errors, indeed, are not to be found in the Analytical Engine itself, but only in the instructions which are communicated to it.
The more I see of the works of man, the more I admire the works of God.
The principle of the Analytical Engine is that the engine can act upon its own results.
It is a machine that can be programmed to do anything that can be expressed by a finite number of operations.
The economy of time and of mental labour, which such a machine would produce, can scarcely be imagined.
The great object of the Analytical Engine is to effect calculations without the intervention of human intellect.
The Analytical Engine is an embodying of the science of operations, constructed with a view to the most general applications.
The power of the Analytical Engine is not limited to numerical calculations; it can also perform algebraic operations.
The Analytical Engine is a machine that can be set to any given problem, and will then work out the solution.
The Analytical Engine is an engine of invention.
The Analytical Engine is a machine that can be taught to perform any operation that can be expressed by a finite number of symbols.
The Analytical Engine is a machine that can be made to follow any law, however complicated.
The Analytical Engine is a machine that can be made to perform any series of operations that can be defined.
The Analytical Engine is a machine that can be made to perform any calculation that can be expressed by a finite number of steps.
The Analytical Engine is a machine that can be made to perform any logical operation.