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Babbage, Charles See also entry for Works of Charles Babbage, M.A., F.R.S., &c. [A Collection of seventeen items by or about Babbage]. 78 Illustrations available: Title page B 29 Babbage, Charles (1791–1871) A letter to Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. President of the Royal Society, etc. etc. on the application of machinery to the purpose of calculating and printing mathematical tables from Charles Babbage, Esq. M.A. Year: 1822 Place: London Publisher: J. Booth Edition: 1st Language: English Binding: disbound; in cloth case Pagination: pp. 12 Collation: π 1 B 5 (-B6) Size: 269x216 mm Reference: Van S CBCP, #18; Babb CBLP, #19; Ran ODC, p. 405; MCK CBCW, v. 2, pp. 5–14 Babbage was only a few years out of Cambridge when he decided to devote his efforts to the production of a Difference Engine. He announced this by writing an open letter to Sir Humphry Davy, the president of the Royal Society. In it he describes the concept, his pilot project, his critical results and eventually, in the last sentence, an indirect request for financial support: It must however be attained at a very considerable expense, which would not probably be replaced, Erwin Tomash Library B 29 Journal cover, B 30 Babbage, Charles by the works it might produce, for a long period of time, and which is an undertaking I should feel unwilling to commence, as altogether foreign to my habits and pursuits. The letter was widely circulated and eventually resulted in the government granting funds for the construction of Babbage’s Difference Engine. Significantly, the letter also contains remarks showing that Babbage had been thinking of other forms of calculating machines. Illustrations available: Title page B 30 Babbage, Charles (1791–1871) Note sur machine suédoise de MM. Scheutz pour calculer les tables mathématiques par la méthode des différences, et en imprimer la les resultats sur des planches stéréotypes. In Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des séances de l’Académie des Sciences, Vol. XLI, No. 15, 8 October 1855. Year: 1855 Place: Paris Publisher: Mallet-Bachelier Edition: 1st Language: French Binding: original paper wrappers Pagination: pp. 557–560 Size: 283x226 mm Reference: Van S CBCP, #70; #71, #73; Ran ODC, p. 405; MCK CBCW, v. 3, pp. 233–236
Erwin Tomash Library Babbage, Charles Babbage, Charles A short communication by Babbage regarding the Scheutz Difference Engine. Babbage uses this note to bring his system of mechanical notation to the attention of the French Academy. The article mentions several graphical illustrations, evidently drawn by Charles’ son Henry P. Babbage for the occasion, but these were not reproduced in the printed version. An English translation of this paper is in The works of Charles Babbage, Martin Campbell-Kelly, ed., 1989. Illustrations available: Cover page B 31 Babbage, Charles (1791–1871) [G. Friedenberg, translator] Ueber Maschinen und Fabrikenwesen. Year: 1833 Place: Berlin Publisher: Stuhrschen Buchhandlung Edition: 1st (German) Language: German Binding: contemporary marbled boards; rebacked Pagination: pp. [4], lii, 462 Collation: π 2 a–b 12 c 2 1–19 12 20 3 Size: 166x95 mm Reference: Van S CBCP, #70; Babb CBLP, #71, #73; Ran ODC, p. 405; MCK CBCW, v. 8 See entry for Babbage, On the economy of machinery and manufactures, 1832 edition—this is the German translation. Illustrations available: Title page B 31 B 32 Babbage, Charles (1791–1871) Memoirs of the Astronomical Society of London. Year: 1822–1829 Place: London Publisher: v.1 & v.2: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy; v.3: Priestley and Weale Edition: 1st Language: English Figures: v.1: 6 plates (1 folding); 1 folding table; v.2: 8 plates (1 folding) Binding: contemporary three-quarter leather; spine gilt Pagination: v.1. pp. viii, iii–vi, 532; v.2. pp. iii–viii, iii–viii, 564, ccxxiv, [4]; v.3. pp. viii, v–viii, 432 Collation: v.1. A 6 B–2C 4 2D 2 2E 2 2F–3Y 4 3Z 2 ; v.2. A 6 B– 2R 4 2S 2 2T–4C 4 a–2d 4 2e 6 ; v.3. A 6 B–3I 4 Size: 267x208 mm These three volumes, the only ones published, contain a number of papers by Babbage: 1. A note respecting the application of machinery to the calculation of astronomical tables 2. Address of Henry Thomas Colebrooke, president of the Astronomical Society of London, on presenting the gold medal to Charles Babbage 3. Notice respecting some errors common to many tables of logarithms 4. Observations on the application of machinery to the computation of mathematical tables 5. On a new zenith micrometer Each of these papers has its own entry in this catalog. Babbage was one of the founders of the Astronomical Society. Illustrations available: Title page B 33 Babbage, Charles (1791–1871) On a method of expressing signs by the action of machinery. In Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 116, pt. 3, (1826) for the year MDCCCXXVI. Year: 1826 Place: London Publisher: Royal Society of London Edition: 1st Language: English Figures: 19 engraved plates (5 folding) Binding: original paper wrappers; unopened Pagination: pp. 250–265 Collation: 2K 3 ,2K 4 ,2L 4 ,2M 1 ,2M 2 Size: 295x230 mm Reference: MCK CBCW, v. 3, pp. 209–223 Ever the generalist, this paper is Babbage’s attempt to formally describe the movements of a complex piece of 79
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