Conservation of energy and Babbage’s Analytical Engine: what they have in common

1. Step 1. Conservation of energy — is used in — Thermodynamics. The first law of thermodynamics is the conservation of energy.
2. Step 2. Thermodynamics — was inspired by — Watt steam engine. Carnot wrote “Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire” trying to understand steam engines.
3. Step 3. Watt steam engine — is part of — Power loom. Driven by a steam engine.
4. Step 4. Power loom — has part — Flying shuttle. A flying shuttle.
5. Step 5. Flying shuttle — is part of — Jacquard loom. A shuttle.
6. Step 6. Jacquard loom — inspired — Babbage’s Analytical Engine. Babbage borrowed Jacquard’s punched cards directly for entering operations and data; Ada Lovelace compared the machine to the Jacquard loom.

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