Timeline June 1833

Events in June 1833 1

• 1833 Meeting Charles Babbage Ada sees a working model of the Difference Engine In June 1833, seventeen-year-old Ada was introduced to mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage at a party, where she saw a small working model of his Difference Engine, an automatic mechanical calculator. She was captivated by the device and its implications, beginning a friendship and intellectual partnership with Babbage that would last the rest of her life. Babbage came to call her "The Enchantress of Numbers" for her ability to grasp the deeper mathematical significance of his machines.