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Book excerpt / document production attachment
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Summary
This document appears to be a page (page 16) from a book or article titled 'Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?' regarding the history of computing and artificial intelligence. It details the history of mechanical calculators and Charles Babbage's Analytical and Difference Engines. The document includes images of antique calculators and bears a Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015706', indicating it was part of a document production to the House Oversight Committee, likely as an attachment to a larger correspondence or file.
People (1)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Charles Babbage | Inventor/Mathematician |
Mentioned as the conceiver of the first programmable computing machine, The Analytical Engine.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| The Admiralty |
Organization for whom the Difference Engine was designed to calculate tide tables.
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| London Science Museum |
Location housing a copy of the Difference Engine No.2.
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| Computer History Museum |
Location in California housing a copy of the Difference Engine No.2.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015706'.
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Timeline (2 events)
1886
Charles Babbage conceived the first programmable computing machine (Note: The text states 1886, though historically Babbage died in 1871).
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20th Century
Enthusiasts built a working model of Difference Engine No.2.
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Dedicated band of enthusiasts
Locations (2)
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Location of the Science Museum.
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Location of the Computer History Museum.
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