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• Worthless. -- Sir George Bidell Airy, KCB, MA, LLD
  DCL, FRS, FRAS (Astronomer Royal of Great Britain), estimating for the Chancellor of the Exchequer the potential value of the "analytical engine" invented by Charles Babbage, September 15, 1842....
• I have sacrificed time, health, and fortune, in the desire to complete these Calculating Engines.
  I have also declined several offers of great personal advantage to myself....
• On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament!
  ], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?...
• On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament!
  ], `Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?...
• I wish these calculations had been executed by steam. -- Charles Babbage
• engine n. 1. A piece of hardware that encapsulates some function but can't be used without some kind of front end.
  Today we have, especially, `print engine': the guts of a laser printer....
• engine: n. 1. A piece of hardware that encapsulates some function but can't be used without some kind of {front end}.
  Today we have, especially, `print engine': the guts of a laser printer....
• I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
  -- Elbert Hubbard...