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Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 (84)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mp5525 (person)

Charles Babbage was a British mathematician and inventor. He helped found the Analytical Society, The Royal Astronomical Society, and the Statistical Society, and was a member of the Royal Academy. He invented several mechanical calculating machines, and designed an analytical engine that anticipated the digital computer. He also helped establish the modern English postal system, compiled the first reliable actuarial tables, and invented the locomotive cowcatcher....

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Charles Babbage Institute (28)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xs9v1b (corporateBody)

Prompted by the wartime need for rapid, complex mathematical calculations, the United States government became heavily involved in computer research and development during World War II. Government agencies including the US Navy, the National Bureau of Standards, and NASA continued to sponsor computer research and development projects in the post-war period, many still related to military applications. Early government investment in computer technologies provided a basis for the nascent comput...

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Babbage, Charles, of Add MS 34612 (33)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cg9hpn (person)

Epithet: FRS, mathematician Epithet: of Add MS 34612

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Charles Babbage. (1)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fs4gqh (person)

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Charles Babbage (1)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t29nsj (person)

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Charles Babbage Insititute (1)

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Babbage, Charles, active 1860, of Add MS 28509 (1)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60m20xw (person)

Epithet: of Add MS 28509

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University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. (0)

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Charles Babbage Institute University of Minnesota, Minneapolis [cbi] (0)

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