Can One Machine Do It All?

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Charles BabbageHistorical profile​·​#5865​·​June 14, 1822​·​AI-assisted

Mathematical tables can be worked out and printed by machinery. Almost any table can be built up by adding differences, and gears can add, so a machine of number wheels can do it, without the mistakes that human computers and typesetters make.

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