184 years agoThe Age of Steam
1843
The First Computer Program
Lovelace wrote an algorithm for the Analytical Engine to compute Bernoulli numbers.
Art style · 1840s Victorian steel engraving
World population
1.23Bpeople
1/7 of today
Primary energy power
8.5×10¹¹W
1/24 of today
London → New York message
7 days
21.69M times slower than today
Every timeline entry cites its source. Metrics interpolate logarithmically between sourced data points. Forecasts include institutional and community views, and attributed site scenarios; years are not guaranteed realization dates. Illustrations are AI-generated in each era's style.
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