This site contains resources for the Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and the Dawn of Computing Reacting to the Past game. The site is intended for use by students and faculty playing the game in their classrooms.

The most important pages are pinned here:

1. Circular slide rule app
2. Difference engine simulation

New content will be added periodically, and each new addition will be accompanied by a new blog post.

Blog posts

• Difference Engine Simulator

  Automating finite differences

  Posted on December 1, 2023

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  Tags:

  • Difference Engine

• Circular Slide Rule

  Multiply like it's 1828

  Posted on November 30, 2023

  This page contains a Web implementation of a circular slide rule to be used in the Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and the Dawn of Computing Reacting to the Past game. The app will technically work on mobile, but works best when viewed from a browser on a desktop or laptop... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • slide rule