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1. Add MS 37182-37201

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CORRESPONDENCE of Charles Babbage (b. 1791, d. 1871), F.R.S., mathematician and inventor of calculating machines; 1806- 1871. Among his correspondents are many of the principal mathematicians and men of science in England and abroad. Interspersed throughout are drafts of his own letters; and at the end of Vol. XVIII. (ff. 542-610) is some correspondence of his son H. P. Babbage relating to him, 1871-1899. The names of the writers appear in the Index. Twenty volumes. Paper. Folio. Presented, ...
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Charles Babbage, FRS; mathematician: Correspondence: 1806-1899.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1806-1871
Extent:
20 items

2. Add MS 37184

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Vol. III. (ff. 480). Apr. 1827- Dec. 1829. includes: ff. 1, 20, 23, 130 George Peacock, Dean of Ely: Letters to C. Babbage: 1816-1850. f. 3 Thomas Wright Hill, schoolmaster: Letters to C. Babbage: 1827 - 1836. ff. 5, 102, 178 John Elliot Drinkwater, afterwards Bethune: Letters to C. Babbage: 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Apr 1827-Dec 1829
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 37188

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Vol. VII. (fir. 559). July, 1833- Dec. 1834. includes: ff. 1, 18, 37 Reverend Thomas John Hussey, astronomer: Letter to C. Babbage: 1829-1851, n.d. f. 3 John Farey, junior, Civil Engineer: Letter to C. Babbage: 1833. ff. 4, 130 Reverend Richard Jones, economist: Letters to C. Babbage: 1832-183...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Jul 1833-Dec 1834
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 37189

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Vol. VIII. (ft. 509). 1835-1836. includes: ff. 1, 87, 98, 152, 199 G- F- Young: Letters to C. Babbage: 1835, n.d. ff. 3, 21, 90, 128 Francis Offley Martin, Charity Commissioner (1837): Correspondence with C. Babbage: 1832-1864. ff. 5, 59, 247, 261, 263 William Henry Fitton, M D, geologist: Cor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1835-1836
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 37190

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Vol. IX. (ff. 578). 1837-Sept. 1838. includes: f. 1 Sir James South, astronomer: Correspondence with C. Babbage: 1821-1866, n.d. ff. 3, 23, 543, 545, 560 George Peacock, Dean of Ely: Letters to C. Babbage: 1816-1850. ff. 6, 7 A. G. Pond, wife of J Pond: Letters to C. Babbage: 1836, 1837. ff. 8...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1837-1838
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 37191

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Vol. X. (ff. 696). Oct. 1838- Dec. 1841. includes: f. 1 Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet: Letters to C. Babbage: 1834-1861. ff. 3, 115, 534 Robert Vaughan Richards, barrister: Letters to C. Babbage: 1831-1841. ff. 5, 389 Julius Jeffreys: Letters to C. Babbage: 1838, 1840. ff. 7, 11, 20...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Oct 1838-Dec 1841
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 37192

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Vol. XI. (ff. 499). 1812-1843. includes: ff. 1, 71 William Somerville, MD; FRS: Letters to C. Babbage: 1833-1842, n.d. f. 3 Bryan Donkin, junior, engineer: Correspondence with C. Babbage: 1841-1864. ff. 4, 26, 227 Fortunato Prandi: Correspondence with C. Babbage: 1841-1848. ff. 6, 133 George R...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1812-1843
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 37193

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Vol. XII. (ff. 551). 1844-May, 1847. includes: ff. 1, 15, 25, 96, 111, 122, 137, 142, 148, 295, 297, 336, 343, 478, 482, 546 Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet; geologist: Letters to C. Babbage: 1826-1854. f. 2 Reverend William Pulling: Letter to C. Babbage: 1844. ff. 4, 11, 18, 38 John Thomas Gra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1844-1847
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 37194

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Vol. XIII. (ff. 659). June, 1847-Dec. 1851. includes: ff. 1, 9, 16, 51, 61 William Empson, editor of the 'Edinburgh Review': Letters to C. Babbage: 1847, n.d. f. 4 Sir William Robert Grove, man of science and judge: Letters to C. Babbage: 1847-1869. ff. 5, 39, 41, 57, 72, 98, 100, 101,133, 172...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Jun 1847-Dec 1851
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 37197

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Vol. XVI. (ff. 507). May, 1856- Mar. 1860. includes: f. 1 Comte Jean Gilbert Victor Fialin de Persigny,; French Ambassador in London: Letter to C. Babbage: 1856. f. 2 Michel Chasles, mathematician: Letters to C. Babbage: 1855, 1856.: Fr. f. 3 André Michel Guerry, statist: Letters to C. Babbage...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
May 1856-Mar 1860
Extent:
1 item