Passages From The Life Of A Philosopher. By Charles Babbage, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., F. Stat. S., Hon. M.R.I.A., M.C.P.S., Commander Of The Italian Order Of St. Maurice And St. Lazarus, Inst. Imp. (Acad. Moral.) Paris Corr., Acad. Amer. Art. Et Sc. Boston, Reg. Œcon. Boruss., Phys. Hist. Nat. Genev., Acad. Reg. Monac., Hafn., Massil., Et Divion., Socius, Acad. Imp. Et Reg. Petrop., Neap., Brux., Patav., Georg. Floren, Lyncei Rom., Mut., Philomath. Paris, Soc. Corr., Etc.
London:: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green., 1864. [The right of Translation is reserved.]
Physical Description
xii, 496 p., frontis.; 227 mm. (Octavo.)
Contents
[Half-t., frontis., t.p., dedic.] - Preface - Contents - [Text] - List Of Mr. Babbage's Printed Papers.
Responsibility Note
The frontispiece is signed as drawn by B.H. Babbage.
The work is dedicated by Charles Babbage to Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy.
References
D. Swade, The cog-wheel brain: Charles Babbage and the quest to build the first computer (2000).
Summary Note
The frontispiece is captioned, and shows 'Impression from a woodcut of a small portion of Mr. Babbage's Difference Engine No.1, the property of Government, at present deposited in the Museum at South Kensington ...'.
Reproductions
A new edition, with an introduction by M. Campbell-Kelly, was published in 1994.
Copy Note
The half-title is inscribed in ink, 'To the Library of The Royal Academy From the Author'.
Binding Note
19th-century green cloth, spine lettered 'Passages From The Life Of A Philosopher By C. Babbage, M.A.'
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