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Title: Sketch of the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage, Esq.

Author: Luigi Federico Menabrea

Translator: Countess of Ada King Lovelace

Release date: January 14, 2025 [eBook #75107]
Most recently updated: April 10, 2026

Language: English

Original publication: London: RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR, 1843

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SKETCH OF THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE INVENTED BY CHARLES BABBAGE, ESQ. ***

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

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.