From Analytical Engine to Electronic Digital Computer: The Contributions of Ludgate, Torres, and Bush
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This paper, based on an invited lecture given at MIT in March 1980, discusses the little-known work of Percy E. Ludgate (1883- 1922), Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (1852- 1936), and Vannevar Bush (1890- 1974). These three inventors, who apparently were unaware of one another's existence, were all directly influenced by know/edge of Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, and each played a significant role in the history of the development of program-controlled computers.
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El Ajedrecista, manufactured by Leonardo Torres y Quevedo in 1912, was an early mechanical game that preceded most examples of automatic, interactive games by decades.
“An interesting example of an early mechanical game is El Ajedrecista ( The Chess Player ), manufactured by Leonardo Torres y Quevedo in 1912”
From Real-time hermeneutics: meaning-making in ludonarrative digital games (2018) · cites this paper as Randell, 1982
El Ajedrecista was an automaton capable of playing a limited form of chess against a human opponent.
“It was an automaton, capable of playing a limited form of chess against a human opponent.”
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- Authors
- Randell, B.
- Affiliations
- Newcastle University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Randell, Brian
- ORCID
- Randell, Brian
- Venue
- IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
- Published
- 1982-10
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 327-341
- ISSN
- 0164-1239 (ISSN-L)
- 1058-6180
- OpenAlex
- W2155540021
- Cited by
- 80
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- IEEE Annals of the History of Computing (publishedVersion)
- Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › History of Computing Technologies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › History of Science and Medicine
- Keywords
- Vannevar Bush, Charles Babbage, analytical engine, electronic digital computers, history of computing
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