Charles Babbage' invention were not limited to computing
As an inventor, Babbage was involved in a variety of domains. This is one of interesting facts about Charles Babbage. He developed the concept for shoes that may help people walk on water as a teenager. He came up with the idea for the cowcatcher later, while employed by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It might have been the first of the plough-like devices installed on the front of locomotives to push cows and other impediments off the rails, had he actually built one.
He created an algebraic notation which could be used on computers to manipulate numbers and other data.
The first compiler allowed users to write programs in one language and then have them compiled into another language easier for computers to understand. In addittion, he created punched cards which saved information when people punched holes through them with a specific pattern corresponding with letters or numbers.
In 1822, Babbage began work on his first difference engine. It was much smaller than the later machines and built with brass and steel instead of cast iron. It was designed to calculate polynomial functions, a type of equation that describes an unknown value as a function of one or more variables. The project went over budget because Babbage designed it to be made in pieces so it could be transported easily between the factories which were producing each part.
