Working Independently
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When Konrad Zuse began his experiments developing computer technology, he was unaware of the work done by Charles Babbage more than 100 years earlier. Babbage envisioned the Analytical Engine, an early calculating machine. Zuse ultimately carried on that work.
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BABBAGE, CHARLES
(b. Walworth, Surrey, England, 26 December 1791;
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ZUSE, KONRAD
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