Quote: the Analytical Engine embodies the science of operations; combines general symbols in arbitrary patterns

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The Analytical Engine is an embodying of the science of operations, constructed with peculiar reference to abstract number as the subject of those operations. ... [p. 252] The bounds of arithmetic were ... out stepped the moment the idea of applying the cards had occurred; and the Analytical Engine does not occupy common ground with mere "calculating machines." ... In enabling mechanism to combine together general symbols in successions of unlimited variety and extent, a uniting link is established between the operations of matter and the abstract mental processes of the most abstract branch of mathematical science. A new, a vast, and a powerful language is developed for the future use of analysis, in which to wield its truths so that these may become of more speedy and accurate practical application for the purposes of mankind than the means hitherto in our possession have rendered possible.   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1922

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Quote: the Analytical Engine links the operations of matter with the abstract mental processes of mathematical science; a new language for analysis

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