ANALYTICAL ENGINE
\ˌanɐlˈɪtɪkə͡l ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn], \ˌanɐlˈɪtɪkəl ˈɛndʒɪn], \ˌa_n_ɐ_l_ˈɪ_t_ɪ_k_əl ˈɛ_n_dʒ_ɪ_n]\
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A design for a general-purpose digital computerproposed by Charles Babbage in 1837 as a successor to hisearlier special-purpose Difference Engine.The Analytical Engine was to be built from brass gears poweredby steam with input given on punched cards. Babbage couldnever secure enough funding to build it, and so it was, andnever has been, constructed. (http://fourmilab.ch/babbage/).
By Denis Howe
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.