Babbage's Calculating Engines: Being a Collection of Papers Relating to them; their History and Construction

Charles Babbage

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511694721

The famous and prolific nineteenth-century mathematician, engineer and inventor Charles Babbage (1791–1871) was an early pioneer of computing. He planned several calculating machines, but none was built in his lifetime. On his death his youngest son, Henry P. Babbage, was charged with the task of completing an unfinished volume of papers on the machines, which was finally published in 1889 and is reissued here. The papers, by a variety of authors, were collected from journals including The Philosophical Magazine, The Edinburgh Review and Scientific Memoirs. They relate to the construction and potential application of Charles Babbage's calculating engines, notably the Difference Engine and the more complex Analytical Engine, which was to be programmed using punched cards. The book also includes correspondence with members of scientific societies, as well as proceedings, catalogues and drawings. Included is a complete catalogue of the drawings of the Analytical Engine.

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28 - Part of Chapter XIX. Economy of Machinery and Manufactures
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29 - Excerpt from the Ninth Bridgewater Treatise
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30 - Excerpt from the Exposition of 1851
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31 - Proceedings of the British Association, 1878
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32 - Proceedings of the British Association, 1888
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33 - Conclusion
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LIST OF MR. BABBAGE'S PRINTED PAPERS
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28 - Part of Chapter XIX. Economy of Machinery and Manufactures
pp 295-298

29 - Excerpt from the Ninth Bridgewater Treatise
pp 299-304

30 - Excerpt from the Exposition of 1851
pp 305-322

31 - Proceedings of the British Association, 1878
pp 323-330

32 - Proceedings of the British Association, 1888
pp 331-338

33 - Conclusion
pp 339-342

LIST OF MR. BABBAGE'S PRINTED PAPERS
pp 343-345

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