Category Archives: InfoStory Meetings

Lovelace and Babbage Meet, Fly on Imagination’s Wings

Posted on June 5, 2013 by GilPress

One hundred eighty years ago today (June 5, 1833), Ada Byron (later Countess Lovelace) met Charles Babbage when visiting his house to see a portion the Difference Engine, or what her mother, Lady Byron, called his “thinking machine.” James Gleick writes in The Information: A … Continue reading →

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When Mauchly Met Atanasoff: Creating the Digital Computer

Posted on June 14, 2011 by GilPress

Seventy years ago today, John Mauchly visited John Atanasoff at Iowa State University. During the next five days he learned everything he could about what became to be known as the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) which he first heard about when … Continue reading →

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InfoStory Meeting: Ada and Babbage

Posted on June 5, 2011 by GilPress

Today in 1833, Ada Byron (later Countess Lovelace) met Charles Babbage when visiting his house to see a portion the Difference Engine, or what her mother, Lady Byron, called his “thinking machine.” James Gleick writes in The Information: “Babbage saw … Continue reading →

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InfoStory Meetings: Morse and Daguerre

Posted on March 5, 2011 by GilPress

Today in 1839, Samuel F. B. Morse and Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre met in Daguerre’s studio, in Paris, France. 

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