Percy Edwin Ludgate (2 August 1883 – 16 October 1922) was an Irish amateur scientist who, in 1909, designed an analytical engine (a general-purpose Turing-complete computer, and the second of its kind). This machine was to be capable of stoing 192 numbers, each cotaining 20 digits, and as part of the design, he devised a number of novel techniques, including Irish logarithms.
Percy Edwin Ludgate (2 August 1883 – 16 October 1922) was an Irish amateur scientist who, in 1909, designed an analytical engine (a general-purpose Turing-complete computer, and the second of its kind). This machine was to be capable of stoing 192 numbers, each cotaining 20 digits, and as part of the design, he devised a number of novel techniques, including Irish logarithms.
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