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Cover for Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage

Project Gutenberg #75107

Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage

Luigi Federico Menabrea and Ada Lovelace

1843

Menabrea's account of Babbage's Analytical Engine with Ada Lovelace's extensive notes, prepared from Project Gutenberg HTML.

Project Gutenberg #75107 Public domain in the United States Cover source Local typographic cover created for MojiMori from public-domain source metadata

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SKETCH OF THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE INVENTED BY CHARLES BABBAGE, ESQ.

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By L. F. MENABREA, of Turin, OFFICER OF THE MILITARY ENGINEERS. WITH NOTES BY THE TRANSLATOR. [Extracted from the ‘Scientific Memoirs’, vol. III.] LONDON: PRINTED BY RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. 1843.

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