Charles Babbage Inventor of the First Computer

Charles BabbageInventor of the First ComputerSally SmithtonMrs. Somebodys ClassFebruary 2011

BeginningsSeptember 9, 2010Southeast Missouri Hospital5:00p.m.

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The Difference EngineCharles Babbage was born in December of 1791 and died in October of 1871.He invented a machine he called a difference engine which was the first computer.He had nine children.The machine was never completed because the parts were too hard to make.He died in poverty and no one knew how valuable his invention would be.

ResourcesCharles Babbage, http://charlesbabbage.net/, 8 Feb 2011.Stackpole, Michael. Babbage, Charles World Book Student. World Book 2011. 8 Feb 2011.