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Babbage Project
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                   <a href="index.html">Home</a>
                   <a href="who-c.html">Who Was Babbage?</a>
                   <a href="who-a.html">Who Was Lovelace?</a>
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    <p><i>The <a href="https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/222867128/">Scratch</a> project below is a prototype simulation of the Difference Engine - a fun introduction, aimed at younger learners to educate them about its function.</i></p>
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    <p>The engine itself was actually only capable of addition and subtraction, as mentioned <a href="inf.html">here</a>. But I decided  to expand my simulation to be capable of all four basic mathematical operations.</p>
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    <p>I can't pretend to understand the Method Of Finite Differences, but from what I have researched - I gather that if you know the digits at certain places in a polynomial, you can calculate the full answer. <i>(This may be incorrect, I'm not certain. **It's A Level Maths; I've tried.)</i></p>
    <p>However, I <b>do</b> know for certain that the way the engine functions is through the Method Of Finite Differences, and there is a helpful youtube video below, explaining how to put the method to use.
    <p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vIriKhGsaPk" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>

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