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61Advantages & Disadvantages of AC and DC dynamometers
If your into your mechanics or actually work with dynamometers then you'll already know about AC and DC dynamometers and this article there for will be completely irrelevant to you. For those of you who don't and are interested in topping up your...
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73An Illustrated Guide to Steampunk #1: The Origin of a Genre
Do you ache for the scratchy yet seductive sounds of an old gramophone player? Do you pine for the chuff chuff of a rocking steam engine over the soulless glide of an electric one? Do you care for the clackety clack of a Remington typewriter over the bouncy plastic of your keyboard? Then you have come to the right place...
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63Book Review: Jacquard's Web by James Essinger
Essinger, James. Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. 302 pp. In 1804 in Lyons, France, Joseph Marie Jacquard invented the first...
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62History of Computers - Computer History Timeline
History of Computers and Computer History Timeline. Computer invention milestone - history of computers and the inventors. Timeline of the History of Computers and Related Technologies.
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79Evolution Of Computers
When men started to count the numbers, they thought of devices that can track of the numbers. The Abacus may be the first such device and it took hundreds of years to develop the Abacus to modern digital computer. The first computer originated as...
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89Five Poems by Poetry's "Bad Boy," Lord Byron
The life of 19th-century Romantic poet Lord Byron is summarized. His literary and humanitarian endeavors are highlighted. Five of Lord Byron's poems on history, love and relationships are presented.
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73Historiography of Ada Augusta Lovelace
In this new 21st century we share an image of a computer programmer best epitomized by that wunder-geek, Bill Gates. Few people would guess the individual long considered the first computer programmer was a...
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72Stunningly Intricate: Curta Mechanical Calculator
What if Babbage's Difference Engine spawned a "laptop"? It's hard to find more desirable and satisfying (in a tactile sort of way) mechanical fetish item from the age of early computing... For years Curta calculators enjoyed a cult status among...
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66father of computers-Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage, a British Mathematics professor, is regarded as the Father of Computers. He was born in England in 1792 as the son of a rich banker from Devon. He was inspired by Napier's logarithm tables and Napier's logs and bones. He began to...
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69150-Year-Old Charles Babbage's Computer Brought to Life
Charles Babbage's Analytical Computer Brought to Life. Photo courtesy Sciam.com. Charles Babbage created the first computer designs but never had a chance to create the machine until it was created recently 150 years later. Charles...
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