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Charles Babbage Inventor of the First Computer

Charles Babbage Inventor of the First Computer. Sally Smithton Mrs. Somebody’s Class February 2011. Beginnings. Sarah Smith. September 9, 2010 Southeast Missouri Hospital 5:00p.m. The Difference Engine. Charles Babbage was born in December of 1791 and died in October of 1871.

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Charles Babbage Inventor of the First Computer

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  1. Charles BabbageInventor of the First Computer Sally Smithton Mrs. Somebody’s Class February 2011

  2. Beginnings Sarah Smith September 9, 2010 Southeast Missouri Hospital 5:00p.m.

  3. The Difference Engine • Charles Babbage was born in December of 1791 and died in October of 1871. • He invented a machine he called a difference engine which was the first computer. • He had nine children. • The machine was never completed because the parts were too hard to make. • He died in poverty and no one knew how valuable his invention would be.

  4. Resources • Charles Babbage, http://charlesbabbage.net/, 8 Feb 2011. • Stackpole, Michael. “Babbage, Charles” World Book Student. World Book 2011. 8 Feb 2011.

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