205 years agoThe Age of Steam
1822
The Difference Engine
Babbage proposed a machine to compute mathematical tables automatically.
Enter the workshopArt style · Victorian engineering copperplate engraving
World population
1.1Bpeople
1/8 of today
Primary energy power
7.4×10¹¹W
1/27 of today
London → New York message
33 days
97.54M times slower than today
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