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Announcement to Royal Astronomical Society
- When
- 14 June 1822
- Where
- Royal Astronomical Society
Babbage announced his invention in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society on 14 June 1822.
The paper was titled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables." This announcement followed Babbage's completion of a small prototype engine in 1822, which he had begun constructing around 1819.
Sources
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