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Ada Augusta King, Lady Lovelace

was the daughter of the poet Lord Byron, inheriting a love for the arts, especially music and poetry.

George Gordon Noel Byron (1788 to 1824) The 6th Baron Byron (from a painting by Thomas Philips, 1814) One of the great English poets.For more information click on Lord Byron, click on
this link

GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON (1788 to 1824), a sample of his poetry:

STANZAS FOR MUSIC

There be none of Beauty's daughters
With a magic like thee;
And like music on the waters
Is thy sweet voice to me:
When, as if its sound were causing
The charmed ocean#39;s pausing,
The waves lie still and gleaming,
And the lull#39;d winds seem dreaming:

And the midnight moon is weaving
Her bright chain o#39;er the deep;
Whose breast is gently heaving,
As an infant#39;s asleep
So the spirit bows before thee,
To listen and adore thee;
With a full but soft emotion,
Like the swell of Summer#39;s ocean.

Credits and Copyright Together with the editors, the Department of English (University of Toronto), and the University of Toronto Press, the following individuals share copyright for the work that went into this edition: Screen Design (Electronic Edition): Sian Meikle (University of Toronto Library) Scanning: Sharine Leung (New College Computing Facility)

This site is dedicated to Ada, her pursuit of mathematics and music together with her poetic heritage.
She claimed that Charles Babbages calculating engine could even produce music. (Clemente Falbo, see NOTE A)

One of Ada's most famous quotes, taken from Note A, p.694, one of her
Notes to Babbage on the "Analytical Engine" shows her skill in combining her love for
music with her mathematical insights.
It is as follows: "Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent."
Suzan P Schultz:
Music touches feelingsthat words cannot

	Ada Augusta King, Lady Lovelace, daughter of the English poet, Lord Byron For more information: here The Internet allows us to communicate with others around the world, learning about our many life–goals and the many means to achieve them. It is starting to help break down political barriers and the control over us that governments seek. When the whole world can freely exchange ideas, information and needs with each other without the state listening in, then the government will start to lose their control and freedom blossoms.	Ada Augusta King, Lady Lovelace was the daughter of the poet Lord Byron, inheriting a love for the arts, especially music and poetry. George Gordon Noel Byron (1788 to 1824) The 6th Baron Byron (from a painting by Thomas Philips, 1814) One of the great English poets.For more information click on Lord Byron, click on this link GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON (1788 to 1824), a sample of his poetry: STANZAS FOR MUSIC There be none of Beauty's daughters With a magic like thee; And like music on the waters Is thy sweet voice to me: When, as if its sound were causing The charmed ocean#39;s pausing, The waves lie still and gleaming, And the lull#39;d winds seem dreaming: And the midnight moon is weaving Her bright chain o#39;er the deep; Whose breast is gently heaving, As an infant#39;s asleep So the spirit bows before thee, To listen and adore thee; With a full but soft emotion, Like the swell of Summer#39;s ocean. Credits and Copyright Together with the editors, the Department of English (University of Toronto), and the University of Toronto Press, the following individuals share copyright for the work that went into this edition: Screen Design (Electronic Edition): Sian Meikle (University of Toronto Library) Scanning: Sharine Leung (New College Computing Facility) This site is dedicated to Ada, her pursuit of mathematics and music together with her poetic heritage. She claimed that Charles Babbages calculating engine could even produce music. (Clemente Falbo, see NOTE A) One of Ada's most famous quotes, taken from Note A, p.694, one of her Notes to Babbage on the "Analytical Engine" shows her skill in combining her love for music with her mathematical insights. It is as follows: "Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent." Suzan P Schultz: Music touches feelingsthat words cannot