As you might expect from its name, the "Difference Engine" is a strangely difficult object to describe. You might start by imagining the side of a large crib with uprights ringed by small metal wheels ...

The second 8,000 piece Difference Engine No.2 is off to California from the Science Museum. It is 3.3m long, 2m high, weighs five tonnes and can calculate polynomials to 31 decimal places. The second ...

Created by Charles Babbage, the Analytical Engine was a general-purpose, completely program-controlled, mechanical digital computer with no human intervention. It was designed to be programmed using ...

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 ...

The Analytical Engine followed Babbage's work on the Difference Engine A UK campaign to build a truck-sized, prototype computer first envisaged in 1837 is gathering steam. More than 1,600 people have ...

A UK campaign to build a truck-sized, prototype computer first envisaged in 1837 is gathering steam. More than 1,600 people have pledged money and support to build Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine.