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Add MS 37204
- Record Id:
- 032-002055780
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002055780
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000039.0x00013d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 37204
- Title:
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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. Colomb's flashing signals; 27 Sept. 1851-27 Apr. 1871. Included (ff. 120-137, 140, 184-227) is some correspondence of C. Babbage and his son H. P. Babbage with Admiral Colomb and the Admiralty, 1861-1890. See Note respecting lighthouse,&, by C. Babbage (Nov. 1851); " On the statistics of lighthouses " (Compte Rendu des travaux dit Congrès Général de Statistique, Bruxelles, Sept. 1853, pp. 230-237) ; a letter in the Times on " Occulting lights for lighthouses and Bight signals. Flashing lightsat Sebastopol " (16 July, 1855) ; and Passages from the Life of a Philosopher, pp. 452-464. ff. 62-227.
3. Geological notes, being part of a paper " On remains of human art mixed with the bones of extinct races of animals " (Proceedings of the Royal Society, 26 May, 1859, vol. x. p. 59). ff. 228-229. Paper; ff. 229. Folio.
- Scope & Content:
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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-Admiral Philip Howard Colomb: Correspondence with C. Babbage, etc.: 1861-1890.
- ff. 201-209, 220 Vernon Lushington, QC; Second Secretary of the Admiralty: Correspondence with C. Babbage: 1870-1871.
- ff. 228-229 Geology: Notes, by C. Babbage: circ. 1859.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002055780
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002055780
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1851
- End Date:
- 1890
- Date Range:
- 1851-1890
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Colonel Henry Provost Babbage: Presented: in 1905.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Babbage, Charles, mathematician and computer pioneer, 1791-1871
Babbage, Henry Prevost, army officer; son of Charles Babbage, 1824-1918
Colomb, Philip Howard, naval officer, 1831-1899
Lushington, Vernon, QC; Second Secretary of the Admiralty