Charles Babbage Quotes

• Perhaps the most important principle on which the economy of a manufacture depends, is the division of labour amongst the persons who perform the work.

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• Whenever the work is itself light, it becomes necessary, in order to economize time, to increase the velocity.

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• To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance.

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• Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss the merits of their officers, and their modes of exercising the duties they are paid to perform.

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• There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list.

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• There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.

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• The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person.

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• The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs.

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  Tags in Velocity, Importance, Military

• The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.

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  Tags in Possessions, Source, Indifferent, Fertile, Wealth

• The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four hours.

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• The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on the frequency with which it is exerted.

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  Tags in Fatigue, Frequency, Exerted, Muscles, Force

• The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.

  Charles Babbage

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• The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.

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• The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated; distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages.

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• That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.

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• That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine.

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• Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity.

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• Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton’s, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.

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  Tags in Instruction, Valuable, Drudgery, Surely

• Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which is made by the stroke of a die.

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• Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed.

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Charles Babbage (32)

Birth:	26th December, 1791
Death:	18th October, 1871
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Inventor, Mathematician, Mechanical Engineer, Philosopher

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Charles Babbage was born in London, England. He was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer. He  is best remembered for originating the concept of a programmable computer. Considered a "father of the computer", Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer that eventually led to more complex designs.

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