Babbage helped establish the modern postal system in England

One of interesting facts about Charles Babbage is that he thought the mathematics courses at Cambridge were uninteresting because he had already mastered all that was being taught there when he joined. So, in 1812, he founded the Analytical Society, which focused more on mathematics. The Analytical Engine, which is regarded as the precursor to the contemporary computer, was designed by him. It was, however, unable to be finished.

The name of the renowned inventor is commemorated by a crater on the moon and a locomotive. At the University of Minnesota, there is a center for information technology called the Charles Babbage Institute. He created the first trustworthy actuarial tables and contributed to the development of England's modern postal system. Babbage and Thomas Frederick Colby conducted research on the needs of a contemporary postal system as part of Babbage's membership in the Royal Astronomical Society.

Following their recommendation that there should be a standard charge, one of the first steps in the reform of the Royal Mail was the introduction of the Uniform fourpenny post in 1839. He created a speedometer variant. He ran for the borough of Finsbury in the 1832 election, but he received the fewest negative votes.