Not the complete history but just the cool stuff. The Internet history from the perspective
of a computer geek who likes knowing more than what the instructions simply tell us.
This will not be a complete list but a work in progress. Enjoy.
1600s - 1800s
[1642]
Blaise Pascal developed a mechanism called the Pascaline to calculate with 8 figures and carrying of 10's, 100's, and 1000's etc. In honor to his scientific contributions the name Pascal has been given to a programming language, as well as to many mathematical concepts.[1791]
Charles Babbage becomes known as the Father of Computing and the inventor of the first universal digital computer with his design of the Analytical machine which used Jacquard punch cards.[1830]
Joseph Henry demonstrates long distance communication by sending an electronic current over one mile of wire to activate an electromagnet which caused a bell to strike. Thus the electric telegraph was born.[1858]
Cyrus West Field was chiefly responsible for laying the first submarine telegraph cable between America and Europe.[1876 Mar 7]
Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell both independently designed devices that could transmit speech electrically (the telephone). Both men rushed their designs to the patent office within hours of each other but Alexander Graham Bell patented his telephone first.
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