"We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard-loom weaves flowers and leaves."
(Notes on the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage)
Happy Birthday Ada Lovelace!
She was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation.
There is a comprehensive article on Ada Lovelace´s here:
Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace
By Stephen Wolfram
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2015/12/untangling-the-tale-of-ada-lovelace/
In addition, the paper "Sketch of the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage, Esq."
by Luigi Federico Menabrea and translated by Augusta Ada Lovelace will be available pretty soon at PG.
Original files are available at @internetarchive
https://archive.org/details/scientificmemoir03memo/page/665/mode/1up
What did Ada Lovelace’s program actually do? @TwoBitHistory
https://twobithistory.org/2018/08/18/ada-lovelace-note-g.html
Project Gutenberg
