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1. Add MS 37182-37201

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Add MS 37182-37201
Title:
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, ...
Scope & Content:
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 37188

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Add MS 37188
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Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Jul 1833-Dec 1834
Extent:
1 item