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Add MS 37205

Record Id:
032-002055781
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002055781
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 37205
Title:

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS 'by Charles Babbage. Autograph.

1. On cyphers and decyphering; 14 Apr. 1808 - 12 Feb. 1870. Interspersed are a few letters relating to the same subject. See Passages from the Life of a Philosopher, pp. 235-241. ff. 1-303.

2. Mathematical recreations, and investigations of the laws of the game of tit-tat-to, etc.; 3 Feb. 1825 - 18 Apr. 1865. See Passages from the Life of a Philosopher, pp. 465-471. ff. 304-383.

Scope & Content:

Charles Babbage, FRS; mathematician: Miscellaneous papers: 1789-1890.

includes:

  • ff. 1-303 Cyphers: Papers on cyphers and decyphering, by C. Babbage: 1808-1870.
  • f. 13 Davies Gilbert, President of the Royal Society (1827-1830): Letters to C. Babbage: 1820-1833.
  • f. 15 Dvarakanatha Thakura, Indian merchant: Letters to C. Babbage: circ. 1833, circ. 1842, n.d.
  • ff. 81, 83, 120, 121, 123 Alexander William Kinglake, historian: Letters to C. Babbage: 1854.
  • ff. 125,129 John Swarbreck Gregory, solicitor: Letters to C. Babbage: 1854.
  • f. 127 William Lacon Childe: Letter to C. Babbage: 1854.
  • f. 186 John Bullar, barrister: Letter to Sir J. Forbes: 1855.
  • ff. 209, 211, 212 Mary Anne Everett Green: Correspondence with C. Babbage: 1858.
  • ff. 304-383 Mathematics: Mathematical investigatious of the laws of games, by C. Babbage: 1825-1865.
  • ff. 304-383 Games: Mathematical investigations of the laws of, by C. Babbage: 1825-1865.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Hierarchy:
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1808
End Date:
1870
Date Range:
14 Apr 1808-12 Feb 1870
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

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
Bullar, John, barrister
Childe, William Lacon
Gilbert, Davies, President of the Royal Society (1827-1830)
Green, Mary Anne Everett, of Add MS 37205
Gregory, John Swarbreck, solicitor and father of George Gregory, fl 1813-1857
Kinglake, Alexander William, historian
Tagore, Dwarkanath, merchant and industrialist, 1794-1846