The First Computer

By: Katelin Seidenschwarz

Table Of Contents

• Why did people buy the computer?

• What was the uses of the computer?

• How was the computer built?

The History and How the Computer was Built

• Charles Babbage started working on the Difference Machine.• The Difference Machine only did math.• The Difference Machine was never finished because of funding.• The Science London Museum finished the Difference Machine for Charles

Babbage.• In 1837 Charles Babbage invented Analytical Engine.• The Analytical Engine had a Local Control, Basic Flow Control, and a

Integrated Memory.• The Analytical Engine was also not finished because of funding.

Pictures of the first computer

Why People Bought the Computer

• When the Army herd about the computer they donated a generous amount of money.

• They bought a computer to make a plan.• They needed something fast , so they got a

computer.

People looking at the first computer

The Uses of the Computer

• The computer could multiply big numbers.• Most people had trouble multiplying big

numbers.• It did math very fast, so people wanted a

computer like this.• It could help with homework and many other

things.

People using the computer

Conclusion

In conclusion The London Science Museum finished Charles Babbage’s computer. People used, bought, and built a computer. One day it will be helpful to you.

Bibliography

• Zigarelli, James. The Inventors of Time. NewYork: Follett Bound, 2002.

• “When was the First Computer Invented.”Computer Hope. May 9, 2013 http:

//www. Computerhope.com.