Calculating machine

A calculating machine is a machine designed to come up with calculations (i.e. computations); the most famous is probably the Victorian British scientist Charles Babbage's Difference Engine (No. 2), designed in the 1840s but never completed in the inventor's lifetime*.

Related Topics:
Victorian - British - Charles Babbage - Difference Engine (No. 2) - 1840s

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Calculating machines shouldn't be confused with adding machines, which are for solving sums.

Related Topics:
Adding machine - Sum

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(* A working Difference Engine based on Babbage's original specifications, using only materials available during the mid-19th century, was built at the London Science Museum in the late 1990s. )

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