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Computer History Museum

Computer History Museum: The Babbage Engine

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles Babbage (1791-1871) was a computer pioneer who designed the first automatic computing engine. Trace the history of the many computers he designed and how they worked. View a video [1:39] of Difference Engine No.2, in operation.
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National Maritime Museum: Sea and Ships: The Magnetic Compass

For Students 9th - 10th
Inquiry into the origins of the magnetic compass and how it came to and was used in Europe.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: George Biddell Airy (1801 1892)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of George Biddell Airy from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: George Biddell Airy (1801 1892)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of George Biddell Airy from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: George Biddell Airy (1801 1892)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of George Biddell Airy from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.