There he calculated extensive astronomical tables and built astronomical instruments.
His initial idea was to use punch-cards to control a machine that could calculate and print logarithmic tables with huge precision (a special purpose machine).
Table-sized instead of room-sized, the device was capable of calculating tables, but imperfectly.
Martin Wiberg (1826-1905) was a prolific inventor who, among many things, created the first difference engine the size of a sewing machine that could calculate and print logarithmic tables.
On the use of a cavitation model to calculate diving tables.
There he calculated extensive astronomical tables and built astronomical instruments for the king.
Babbage did calculate actuarial tables for that scheme, using Equitable Society mortality data from 1762 onwards.
He secured an agreement with Yale for funding the massive task of calculating detailed tables of the Moon's motion, based on his lunar theory.
Mr. Babbage's invention: Application of machinery to the purpose of calculating and printing mathematical tables.
This was a critical step in the ancient method of calculating tables of chords.
