Notions Sur La Machine Analytique De M Charles Babbage Pp 352 376 In Bibliotheque Universelle De

by Luigi Federico Menabrea Charles Babbage

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First edition

Paris: Anselin, 1842. First edition, journal issue, and very rare without institutional stamps as here, of Menabrea’s account of the only public presentation that Babbage ever made concerning the design and operation of the Analytical Engine. “This was the first published account of Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine and the first account of its logical design, including the first examples of computer

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