On This Day (June 14)

**MSFixR** · 06-14-2009, 06:18 PM

In 1822, in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society, English mathematician Charles Babbage proposed a difference engine, an automatic, mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions.

**Plastic Flute** · 06-16-2009, 12:10 PM

Im terrible at math.

FYI Fix Im almost done with my Thesis. (I mean my son is)

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MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 13,287 My Profile	On This Day (June 14) In 1822, in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society, English mathematician Charles Babbage proposed a difference engine, an automatic, mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions.

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