1. Add MS 37204
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 37204
- Title:
- SCIENTIFIC PAPERS by Charles Babbage. Autograph. 1. Notes ou mechanical drawing and lettering. See Laws of Mechanical Notation, by C. Babbage (privately printed, 1851); Passages from the Life of a Philosopher, by C. Babbage (1864), pp. 142-146; and Babbage's Calculating Machines, by H. P. Babbage (1889), pp. 236-239. ff. 1-61. 2. Papers on lighthouses and occulting lights, relating to Babbage's experiments and suggestions, and the rival claims of his occulting lights and Admiral P. H. Col...
- Scope & Content:
- Charles Babbage, FRS; mathematician: Miscellaneous papers: 1789-1890. includes: ff. 1-61 Mechanics: Notes on mechanical drawing and lettering, by C. Babbage: circ. 1851. ff. 62-227 Lighthouses: Papers relating to occulting lights, by C. Babbage: 1851-1890. ff. 120-137, 140, 210, 221-227 Vice-A...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1851-1890
- Extent:
- 1 item