Charles Babbage
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664633347
Table of Contents
CHAPTER V. DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. 1.
Explanation of the Difference Engine.
Of the Mechanical Arrangements necessary for computing Tables by the Method of Differences.
Description of the existing portion of Difference Engine No. 1.
CHAPTER VII. DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. II.
CHAPTER VIII. OF THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE.
CHAPTER IX. OF THE MECHANICAL NOTATION.
CHAPTER X. THE EXHIBITION OF 1862.
List of Mechanical Notations proposed to be Lent for the Exhibition.
CHAPTER XI. THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.
CHAPTER XII. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
CHAPTER XIII. RECOLLECTIONS OF WOLLASTON, DAVY, AND ROGERS.
CHAPTER XIV. RECOLLECTIONS OF LAPLACE, BIOT, AND HUMBOLDT.
CHAPTER XV. EXPERIENCE BY WATER.
CHAPTER XVI. EXPERIENCE BY FIRE.
CHAPTER XVII. EXPERIENCE AMONGST WORKMEN.
CHAPTER XVIII. PICKING LOCKS AND DECIPHERING.
CHAPTER XIX. EXPERIENCE IN ST. GILES’S.
CHAPTER XX. THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE.
CHAPTER XXI. ELECTIONEERING EXPERIENCE.
CHAPTER XXIII. EXPERIENCE AT COURTS.
CHAPTER XXIV. EXPERIENCE AT COURTS.
CHAPTER XXVI. STREET NUISANCES.
CHAPTER XXVIII. HINTS FOR TRAVELLERS.
CHAPTER XXXII. VARIOUS REMINISCENCES.
On Preventing the Forgery of Bank-Notes.