The calculating engine (Registro nro. 112018)
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Babbage, Charles, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1791-1871 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The calculating engine |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2023-07-28 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust Digital Library) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The Calculating Engine" by Charles Babbage is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This groundbreaking work discusses Babbage's innovative concept of a mechanical calculating machine intended to automate complex calculations and produce error-free numerical tables. It offers insight into the design, principles, and societal implications of his invention, positioning it as a transformative tool for both science and technology. The opening of the text establishes a context for Babbage's ambitious project, highlighting his intellectual stature and the significance of his work. It elaborates on the current state of mathematical tables, addressing the widespread inaccuracies in manually computed data and the urgent need for a reliable mechanism capable of producing precise calculations. Babbage argues for the immense utility of such machinery in various fields, particularly astronomy and navigation, and outlines the innovative mechanical principles behind his calculating engine. Through detailed descriptions, he aims to clarify the machine's design and capabilities, setting the stage for its eventual realization and the profound impact it could have on computation and information dissemination. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | United Kingdom: Adam and Charles Black, 1834 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Calculators |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000530182">https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000530182</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71292">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71292</a> |
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