difference engines

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Calculating machines, now historic, that were able to produce tables of values for arithmetic functions. The machine was designed by English inventor and engineer Charles Babbage in 1822, and a working model was built in 1853 by George and Edward Scheutz.
difference engines
Accepted term: 02-Dec-2024