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Within a few years, this work inspired a reply in
defense of the British establishment written by Richard
Sheepshanks, A letter to the Board of Visitors of the
Greenwich Royal Observatory in reply to the calumnies
of Mr. Babbage at their meeting in June 1853, and in his
book entitled The Exposition of 1851 (London, 1854).
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Babbage, Charles (1791–1871)
The exposition of 1851; or, views of the industry, the
science, and the government of England.
Year: 1851
Place: London
Publisher: John Murray
Edition: 2nd
Language: English
Binding: original cloth boards; spine and cover gilt stamped
Pagination: pp. xvi, 290, [4], 16
Collation: A–T 8 U 3 χ 8
Size: 226x138 mm
Reference: Van S CBCP, #70; Babb CBLP, #71, #73; Ran
ODC, p. 405; MCK CBCW, v. 10
In the second edition Babbage added significant new
material and incorporated the description of his Difference
Engine into the main body of the work. See also the entry
for the first edition (also published in 1851).
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Erwin Tomash Library
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Babbage, Charles (1791–1871)
Babbage, Charles
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On the influence of signs in mathematical reasoning.
From: Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical
Society. 1826, Vol. II.
Year: 1826
Place: Cambridge
Publisher: Cambridge Philosophical Society
Edition: 1st (offprint)
Language: English
Binding: yellow paper wrappers
Reference: Van S CBCP, #70; Babb CBLP, #71, #73; Ran
ODC, p. 405; MCK CBCW, v. 1, pp. 371–408
This is another of Babbage’s mathematical papers.
In this paper, Babbage turns from the advancement
of mathematics to a discussion of the importance of
mathematical notation and the facilitating role a good
system can have in leading researchers to discoveries.
He began this type of research several years earlier: see
the entry for Babbage, Observations on the notation
employed in the calculus of functions, 1822.
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Babbage, Charles (1791–1871)
An introductory view of the principles of manufactures.
b/w: Barlow, Peter; A treatise on the manufactures
and machinery of Great Britain… To which is
prefaced, an introductory view of the principles
of manufactures by Charles Babbage. Forming