Question

Which was the first mechanical computer and who invented it?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

ᴄᴏɴsɪᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ "ғᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴜᴛᴇʀ", ʙᴀʙʙᴀɢᴇ ɪs ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɪɴᴠᴇɴᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴍᴇᴄʜᴀɴɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴜᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ʟᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇx ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏɴɪᴄ ᴅᴇsɪɢɴs, ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇssᴇɴᴛɪᴀʟ ɪᴅᴇᴀs ᴏғ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʀɴ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴜᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪɴ ʙᴀʙʙᴀɢᴇ's ᴀɴᴀʟʏᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴇɴɢɪɴᴇ.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Considered by some to be "father of the computer", Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer that eventually led to more complex electronic designs, though all the essential ideas of modern computers are to be found in Babbage's Analytical Engine.

Children: Benjamin Herschel Babbage, Henry Prevost Babbage, Dugald Bromhead

Inventions: Difference engine, Pilot, Analytical Engine