vivdunstan, 10 months ago to music

“The infernal organ”: #CharlesBabbage and street nuisances https://perneward.wordpress.com/2023/07/25/the-infernal-organ-charles-babbage-and-street-nuisances/ #Noise #Music #Soundscape #Sounds #UrbanLife #Towns #19thCentury #NineteenthCentury #History #ComputingHistory #ComputerScience #StreetNuisances #StreetMusicians #Musicians #Organs #accordion #squeezebox #Bagpipes #Religion #Psalms #London #HurdyGurdy #BrassBands

JustCodeCulture, 10 months ago to ArtificialIntelligence

CBI Image of the Day.

A portion of the Analytical Engine of the incomplete mechanical computer at time of inventor Charles Babbage's passing in October 1871.

Held at Science Museum of London (its photo--CC). Contained a store for numbers (or memory) and a mill (which corresponds to what we think of as the CPU). It was 15 ft tall & weighed what a small locomotive does.

#charlesbabbage #babbage @histodons #computer #history #science #engineering #artifacts #tech #technology #museums #sts