Comments on: 24th March http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/24/24th-march/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:17:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar » Determination or Action http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/24/24th-march/#comment-34798 Grannymar » Determination or Action Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:46:51 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2806#comment-34798 [...] In the past I have written about Ada Lovelace.  She wrote programs for Charles Babbage’s machine before it was even built - that is, manipulating symbols according to rules for a machine. She also foresaw the capability of computers to go beyond mere calculating or number-crunching. [...] [...] In the past I have written about Ada Lovelace.  She wrote programs for Charles Babbage’s machine before it was even built - that is, manipulating symbols according to rules for a machine. She also foresaw the capability of computers to go beyond mere calculating or number-crunching. [...]

]]> By: Grannymar » Looking Back http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/24/24th-march/#comment-21908 Grannymar » Looking Back Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:33:44 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2806#comment-21908 [...] Tuesday I was recalling the work of Ada Lovelace a pioneer in the world of Technology.  Today I recall other ladies who in days gone by were [...] [...] Tuesday I was recalling the work of Ada Lovelace a pioneer in the world of Technology.  Today I recall other ladies who in days gone by were [...]

]]> By: Nick http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/24/24th-march/#comment-21865 Nick Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:14:00 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2806#comment-21865 Women inventor day - excellent. Now if only the media would give female inventors more mention as opposed to all the famous males who're supposed to have invented everything on earth.... Women inventor day - excellent. Now if only the media would give female inventors more mention as opposed to all the famous males who’re supposed to have invented everything on earth….

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/24/24th-march/#comment-21864 Grannymar Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:28:51 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2806#comment-21864 @Nancy - You have me there, the only reference I came across for Ada was her work for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine, along with the very first description of a computer and software. @Steph - The virtues of vinegar have been known since old God's time! @Baino - The Powerhouse sounds interesting. @Magpie - The Jacquard Loom was invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1801. He improved on the original punched card design of Jacques de Vaucanson's loom of 1745. I am not sure if the music box was before or after that. @Nancy - You have me there, the only reference I came across for Ada was her work for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine, along with the very first description of a computer and software.

@Steph - The virtues of vinegar have been known since old God’s time!

@Baino - The Powerhouse sounds interesting.

@Magpie - The Jacquard Loom was invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1801. He improved on the original punched card design of Jacques de Vaucanson’s loom of 1745. I am not sure if the music box was before or after that.

]]> By: Magpie11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/24/24th-march/#comment-21863 Magpie11 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:59:35 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2806#comment-21863 Did Jacquard looms come before the music boxes? They were the first use of punched cards! Letitia Geer ...medical syringe? They found one in the barber surgeon's box on the Mary Rose didn't they? As a mere male....I rather relish female inventors and artists...get a bit fed up with Ms Austen et al...goes for dickens too...a man who never used one word when he could use six...he could pay himself more that way.. Did Jacquard looms come before the music boxes? They were the first use of punched cards!

Letitia Geer …medical syringe? They found one in the barber surgeon’s box on the Mary Rose didn’t they?

As a mere male….I rather relish female inventors and artists…get a bit fed up with Ms Austen et al…goes for dickens too…a man who never used one word when he could use six…he could pay himself more that way..

]]> By: Baino http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/24/24th-march/#comment-21862 Baino Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:44:07 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2806#comment-21862 Cheers indeed, we have a whole section at one of our technology museums, The Powerhouse, dedicated to Lovelace and Babbage .. very interesting. Cheers indeed, we have a whole section at one of our technology museums, The Powerhouse, dedicated to Lovelace and Babbage .. very interesting.

]]> By: steph http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/24/24th-march/#comment-21861 steph Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:40:43 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2806#comment-21861 Grannymar You invented 'home training with vinegar' for dogs, didn't you? ;-) Hiya! Nancy :D Grannymar

You invented ‘home training with vinegar’ for dogs, didn’t you? ;-)

Hiya! Nancy :D

]]> By: Nancy http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/24/24th-march/#comment-21857 Nancy Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:15:24 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2806#comment-21857 Grannymar, I have always thought that the very first computer was the old music box or player piano which both had a series of holes cut in brass or heavy paper and spikes that came up and struck the holes. That is how the tunes were created. A forerunner of the keypunch card . Do you know if Ada Lovelace had anything to do with either invention? Grannymar,

I have always thought that the very first computer was the old music box or player piano which both had a series of holes cut in brass or heavy paper and spikes that came up and struck the holes. That is how the tunes were created. A forerunner of the keypunch card .

Do you know if Ada Lovelace had anything to do with either invention?

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/24/24th-march/#comment-21856 Grannymar Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:14:08 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2806#comment-21856 @Steph - I might have to invent something first! @Nick - Will this do? ‘Brains, Beauty, Business and Innovation: The World of Women Inventors’ Wednesday 19th November 2008 http://www.innovate-design.co.uk/women_inventor_day.htm @Steph - I might have to invent something first!

@Nick - Will this do?
‘Brains, Beauty, Business and Innovation: The World of Women Inventors’ Wednesday 19th November 2008
http://www.innovate-design.co.uk/women_inventor_day.htm

]]> By: Nick http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/03/24/24th-march/#comment-21855 Nick Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:44:08 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2806#comment-21855 We should have a female inventors day, to recognise all those hardly-known women who created many of the things we take for granted today. Like Letitia Geer (the medical syringe) and Florence Parpart (the refrigerator) to name but two. Baino had a complete list on her blog once. We should have a female inventors day, to recognise all those hardly-known women who created many of the things we take for granted today. Like Letitia Geer (the medical syringe) and Florence Parpart (the refrigerator) to name but two. Baino had a complete list on her blog once.

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