Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871
Charles Babbage papers, circa 1820-1864.
Manuscripts and proofs of various scientific and autobiographical writings, especially realting to his projected calculating engines; rough notes and drawings on the same subject; some transcripts of correspondence, including with E. F. Bromhead and Sir John Herschel (but not original correspondence); printed pamphlets belonging to Babbage. The manuscript of H. W. Buxton's biography of Babbage (written in the 1870s, and published from this manuscript by MIT Press/Tomash Publishers in 1988) and related notes by Buxton are also included.
Mathematician and philosopher; Fellow of the Royal Society. Babbage pioneered the idea of mechanizing numerical calculations on a large scale, and designed calculating 'engines' which were the forerunners of the computer.
Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871.
Calculators.
Science -- England -- 19th century.
Drawings. aat aat
Notes. aat
Mathematicians -- Biograpy -- England.
Bromhead, E. F.
Buxton, H. W. friend of Charles Babbage.
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