The Analytical Engine is credited as being the first example of a general purpose computer and was conceived as a multi-functional machine that could perform different types of calculations.

After his Difference Engine failed its test in 1833, Babbage started the design of the Analytical Engine in 1834. Developed in spurts due to lack of funds and constant redesign, a trial model was ...

The Analytical Engine was intended to be large enough to contain 1,000 50-d... advertisement. History Computer US. The History of Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine, And The Birth of Computers.

Like the Difference Engine, Babbage never built one in his lifetime. However, a project known as Plan 28 has now begun work to try and build Babbage's Analytical Engine based on recovered designs.

In 1833, the year they met, Babbage had begun designing the first general-­purpose mechanical computer, called the analytical engine. The idea captivated Love­lace, and the two became close ...

A small part of the Analytical engine was built before Charles Babbage's death in 1871 A project to construct one of the earliest mechanical computers based on sketches by its designer, Charles ...

It may seem an anachronism in the era of the ever-shrinking digital gadget, but Charles Babbage's locomotive-size "Analytical Engine" remains one of the greatest inventions that never was.

A small part of the Analytical engine was built before Charles Babbage's death in 1871. A project to construct one of the earliest mechanical computers based on sketches by its designer, ...

A project to construct one of the earliest mechanical computers based on sketches by its designer, Charles Babbage, has received a major boost. The Science Museum in London has agreed to help by ...