
The Works of Charles Babbage Vol 2
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. March 1989
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-138-76371-5 (ISBN)
Description
A set of 11 volumes which contains all the known works of Charles Babbage, who has been described as the "pioneer of the computer". His mathematical, scientific and engineering work is highly significant for its original approach to problem-solving and is reset for today's reader.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-76371-5 (9781138763715)
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Persons
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Content
Volume 2. The Difference Engine and table making SECTION A I A note respecting the application of machinery to the calculation of astronomical tables (1822) II A letter to Sir Humphry Davy, Bart, President of the Royal Society, on the application of machinery to the purpose of calculating and printing mathematical tables (1822) III The science of number reduced to mechanism (1822) IV Observations on the application of machinery to the computation of mathematical tables (1822) V On the theoretical principles of the machinery for calculating tables (1823) VI On Mr Babbage's new machine for calculating and printing mathematical and astronomical tables, by F. Baily (1823) VII Address on presenting the gold medal of the Astronomical Society to Charles Babbage, by H. T. Colebrooke (1825) VIII On the determination of the general term of a new class of infinite series (1826) IX Notice respecting some errors common to many tables of logarithms (1827) X Extracts from Table of logarithms of the natural numbers, from 1 to 108,000 (1827) XI Report of the Royal Society Babbage Engine Committee, by J. F. W. Herschel (1829) XII Preface to Specimen of logarithmic tables printed with different coloured inks on variously coloured papers (1831) XIII Babbage's calculating engine, by D. Lardner (1834) XIV Observations addressed, at the last anniversary, to the President and Fellows of the Royal Society, after the delivery of the medals (1856) XV Extracts from Specimens of tables calculated, stereo-moulded and printed by machinery, Anon (1857) XVI Babbage's calculating machine; or Difference Engine, by B. H. Babbage (1872)