Charles Babbage Mathematician Quotations

The public, who consume the new commodity or profit by the new invention, are much better judges of its merit than the government can be.

When a mass of matter is to be removed a certain force must be expended; and upon the proper economy of this force the price of transport will depend.

It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue.

Another contrivance for regulating the effect of machinery consists in a vane or fly, of little weight, but presenting a large surface.

The force of vapour is another fertile source of moving power; but even in this case it cannot be maintained that power is created.