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86 Frontispiece, B 49 Erwin Tomash Library Babbage, Charles Babbage, Charles B 50 Babbage, Charles (1791–1871) Pensieri sui principii dell’imposta in relazione ad una tassa sulla propietà e sue eccezioni… Tradotti dall Inglese in Italiano. Year: 1850 Place: Turin Publisher: Cugini Pomba e C. Editori Edition: 1st Language: Italian Binding: contemporary roan-backed marbled boards Pagination: pp. 40 Size: 161x97 mm Reference: Van S CBCP, #70; Babb CBLP, #71, #73; Ran ODC, p. 405; MCK CBCW, v. 5, pp. 31–56 This is the Italian translation of Babbage’s Thoughts on the principles of taxation with reference to a property tax and its exceptions (see entry for Babbage, Works of Charles Babbage, M.A., F.R.S., &c. [A Collection of seventeen items by or about Babbage bound in one volume]). Illustrations available: Title page B 51 Babbage, Charles (1791–1871) Reflections on the decline of science in England, and on some of its causes. Year: 1830 Place: London Publisher: B. Fellowes Edition: 1st Language: English Binding: three-quarter leather over moirè cloth boards; red leather label Pagination: pp. xvi, 228 Collation: A–P 8 Q 2 Size: 216x130 mm Reference: Van S CBCP, #70; Babb CBLP, #71, #73; Ran ODC, p. 405; MCK CBCW, v. 7 Babbage was courageously outspoken all his life. This is an attack on the leadership of the Royal Society that led to the formation of the British Association for the Promotion of Science in the following year. In this work Babbage reveals his love of science and his deep understanding of the nature of scientific inquiry. This work excited a vigorous correspondence in the pages of the Philosophical Magazine that led to Babbage’s reputation as a thorn in the side of the British scientific establishment. Nevertheless, the reforms that Babbage sought were eventually realized, not only in the Royal Society but in British science in general. The title page has been signed by Babbage’s son Henry Babbage. Illustrations available: Title page B 52 [Babbage, Charles (1791–1871)] B 51 Report from the select committee on the laws respecting Friendly Societies [Evidence contributed to]. Year: 1827 Place: London Publisher: HMSO Edition: 1st (extract)
Erwin Tomash Library Babbage, Charles Babbage, Charles Language: English Binding: none—extracted from a volume of parliamentary reports Pagination: pp. 135, [1] Collation: A–R 4 Size: 335x200 mm Babbage was interested in all aspects of the developing life insurance industry and the statistics upon which it based rates. As a director of the aborted firm of The Protector Life Insurance Co. (see Babbage, Protector Life Assurance Society. In Works of Charles Babbage, Collection of seventeen items …), he, together with Benjamin Gompertz, was called in to give evidence to a Select Committee of the House of Commons investigating the laws governing the insurance industry. The testimony concerned the accuracy of the tables upon which the insurance rates were based. While Babbage did not, in general, think they were accurate, he often tempered his opinion. For example, when asked about death rates for higher and lower classes of society and whether differing tables should be used for each, he responded that he thought different tables should be used but that he would need to see more facts and figures to see how soundly that opinion was founded. Illustrations available: Title page B 53 Babbage, Charles (1791–1871) [J. E. Isoard, translator] Science économique des manufactures, traduit de l’Anglais de Ch. Babbage, sur le troisiéme édition par M. Isoard. Year: 1834 Place: Paris Publisher: A la Librairie Orientale de Doney - Dupré Edition: 2nd (French) Language: French Binding: contemporary leather; red leather label Pagination: pp. xxiii, [1], 392 Collation: π 12 1–24 8 25 4 Size: 206x128 mm Reference: MCK CBCW, v. 8 Two translations into French of Babbage’s On the economy of machinery and manufactures appeared in Paris almost simultaneously. Both were based on the third English edition of 1833. This one by J. M. Isoard, an official at the Ministry of Commerce, covered only chapters 13 to 34 of the original. Isoard felt that Babbage’s earlier chapters on machinery were too specialized for the French reader. For a complete translation, see Babbage, Charles; Traité sur l’économie des machines et des manufactures, 1833. Illustrations available: Title page B 54 Babbage, Charles (1791–1871) Table of logarithms of the natural numbers from 1 to 108000. Year: 1829 Place: London Publisher: B. Fellowes Edition: 1st (2nd issue) Language: English Binding: original paper boards, printed label on spine Pagination: pp. xx, 202, [2] Collation: a 8 b 2 B–N 8 O 4 P 2 Size: 262x158 mm Reference: Van S CBCP, #70; Babb CBLP, #71, #73; Ran ODC, p. 405 This is the first edition of Babbage’s logarithms, printed on light yellow paper. Babbage’s interest in calculating machines arose from his desire to mechanically compute complete sets of mathematical tables and thus eliminate the errors that inevitably crept into them when they were calculated and typeset by hand. He created this table of logarithms not by calculating them, but by comparing many different tables against one another. When differences were noted, he would recalculate the correct value, thus producing the first error-free table of logarithms. Not content with accuracy, he also experimented with their layout and their printing. He used variously colored papers in combination B 54 87
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