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Reference

Menabrea, L.F., "Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage, With notes upon the memoir by the translator Ada Augusta, Countess of Lovelace", Bibliotheque Universelle de Geneve, 82, October 1842. Google

Other Reference

page numbers from P. Morrison and E. Morrison (ed.), Charles
Babbage and his Calculating Engines, New York: Dover Publications
1961, p. 225-297

Published before 1922

Quotations
245 ;;Quote: at initialization, the Analytical Engine receives cards that define a sequence of operations, variables, and data
247 ;;Quote: the Analytical Engine separated operation cards from operands and results
247 ;;Quote: an operation is any process which alters the mutual relation of two or more things; applies to all subjects in the universe
248 ;;Quote: the Analytical Engine could compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music from the relations of pitched sounds and musical composition
249 ;;Quote: the Analytical Engine embodies the science of operations; combines general symbols in arbitrary patterns
249+;;Quote: the Analytical Engine links the operations of matter with the abstract mental processes of mathematical science; a new language for analysis
253 ;;Quote: the cards for the Analytical Engine may contain errors; but once developed, they are valid for an infinite number of particular cases
261 ;;Quote: an operation card sets the mill into a specific state in which it will operate on one pair of numbers
264 ;;Quote: Babbage developed 'backing' to reexecute a set of cards any number of times
264+;;Quote: a Jaquard-loom with backing could weave symmetric and regular patterns with fewer cards
276 ;;Quote: define a sequence of operations with numeric operation indices, repeated cycles, and sequences
276+;;Quote: be careful of adding a comma between the cycle count and group of operations; otherwise get a sequence
284 ;;Quote: the Analytical Engine can not originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform. It can not anticipate analytical relations or truths
284+;;Quote: the Analytical Engine will change many scientific subjects because it helps with analysis
286 ;;Quote: Lovelace showed the steps for computing the Bernoulli numbers with cycles of cycles of operations
286+;;Quote: Lovelace used a tabular definition with operations, variables, working variables and results


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