difference engine

Summary

difference engine is a mechanical calculator^[1]. It draws 646 Wikipedia views per month (mechanical_calculator category, ranking #2 of 7).^[2]

Key Facts

• difference engine is credited with the discovery of Charles Babbage^[3].
• difference engine's image is recorded as Babbage difference engine drawing.gif^[4].
• difference engine's instance of is recorded as mechanical calculator^[5].
• difference engine's subclass of is recorded as mechanical calculator^[6].
• difference engine's Commons category is recorded as Difference engines^[7].
• difference engine's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom^[8].
• +1822-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of difference engine^[9].
• difference engine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/029wv^[10].
• difference engine's location of creation is recorded as Marylebone^[11].
• difference engine's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/Difference-Engine^[12].
• difference engine's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Difference-Engine-No-2^[13].
• difference engine's different from is recorded as The Difference Engine^[14].
• difference engine's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 83409641^[15].
• difference engine's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as difference-engine-2^[16].
• difference engine's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as difference-engine-^[17].

Body

Designation and Status

difference engine's instance of is recorded as mechanical calculator^[5].

History and Context

+1822-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of difference engine^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for difference engine include The Difference Engine^[18], a literary work^[19], written by William Gibson^[20].

Why It Matters

difference engine draws 646 Wikipedia views per month (mechanical_calculator category, ranking #2 of 7).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]

Entities named for it include The Difference Engine^[18], a literary work^[19], written by William Gibson^[20].