Leonardo Torres Quevedo
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Leonardo Torres Quevedo was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, and inventor who developed numerous engineering innovations related to aerial trams, airships, catamarans, and remote control. He w
Autochrome by Auguste Léon, 1921
Mount Ulia aerial ropeway (1916), opened in 1907
Whirlpool Aero Car over the Niagara River in Ontario, Canada
Algebraic machine
Analytical engine
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The analytical engine was a proposed digital mechanical general-purpose computer designed by the English mathematician and computer pioneer Charles Babbage. It was first described in 1837 as the succe
Portion of the calculating machine with a printing mechanism of the analytical engine, as displayed at the Science Museum (London)
Two types of punched cards used to program the machine. Foreground: 'operational cards', for inputting instructions; background: 'variable cards', for inputting data
Henry Babbage's analytical engine mill, built in 1910, in the Science Museum (London)
Plan diagram of the analytical engine from 1840