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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.

~Charles Babbage

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Nationality: English

Type: Mathematician

Born: December 26th, 1792

Died: October 18th, 1871

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