Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ320300
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Publication Date: 1985
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The "Difference" in Babbage's Difference Engine.
Crowley, Mary L.
Mathematics Teacher, v78 n5 p366-72,354 May 1985
Discoveries of Charles Babbage in the 1800s are described. Origins of the difference engine, his calculating machine, the principles of computation applied to tables, and the design and construction of his engine are included. (MNS)
Descriptors: Computation, Computers, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics History, Number Concepts
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Language: English
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