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- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I MY ANCESTORS
- CHAPTER II CHILDHOOD
- CHAPTER III BOYHOOD
- CHAPTER IV CAMBRIDGE
- CHAPTER V DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. 1
- CHAPTER VI STATEMENT RELATIVE TO THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE, DRAWN UP BY THE LATE SIR H. NICOLAS FROM THE AUTHOR'S PAPERS
- CHAPTER VII DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. 2
- CHAPTER VIII OF THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE
- CHAPTER IX OF THE MECHANICAL NOTATION
- CHAPTER X THE EXHIBITION OF 1862
- 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 XXII SCENE FROM A NEW AFTER-PIECE
- CHAPTER XXIII EXPERIENCE AT COURTS
- CHAPTER XXIV EXPERIENCE AT COURTS
- CHAPTER XXV RAILWAYS
- CHAPTER XXVI STREET NUISANCES
- CHAPTER XXVII WIT
- CHAPTER XXVIII HINTS FOR TRAVELLERS
- CHAPTER XXIX MIRACLES
- CHAPTER XXX RELIGION
- CHAPTER XXXI A VISION
- CHAPTER XXXII VARIOUS REMINISCENCES
- CHAPTER XXXIII THE AUTHOR'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE
- CHAPTER XXXIV THE AUTHOR'S FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE
- CHAPTER XXXV RESULTS OF SCIENCE
- CHAPTER XXXVI AGREEABLE RECOLLECTIONS
- APPENDIX
- LIST OF MR. BABBAGE'S PRINTED PAPERS
CHAPTER VII - DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. 2
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2012
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I MY ANCESTORS
- CHAPTER II CHILDHOOD
- CHAPTER III BOYHOOD
- CHAPTER IV CAMBRIDGE
- CHAPTER V DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. 1
- CHAPTER VI STATEMENT RELATIVE TO THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE, DRAWN UP BY THE LATE SIR H. NICOLAS FROM THE AUTHOR'S PAPERS
- CHAPTER VII DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. 2
- CHAPTER VIII OF THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE
- CHAPTER IX OF THE MECHANICAL NOTATION
- CHAPTER X THE EXHIBITION OF 1862
- 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 XXII SCENE FROM A NEW AFTER-PIECE
- CHAPTER XXIII EXPERIENCE AT COURTS
- CHAPTER XXIV EXPERIENCE AT COURTS
- CHAPTER XXV RAILWAYS
- CHAPTER XXVI STREET NUISANCES
- CHAPTER XXVII WIT
- CHAPTER XXVIII HINTS FOR TRAVELLERS
- CHAPTER XXIX MIRACLES
- CHAPTER XXX RELIGION
- CHAPTER XXXI A VISION
- CHAPTER XXXII VARIOUS REMINISCENCES
- CHAPTER XXXIII THE AUTHOR'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE
- CHAPTER XXXIV THE AUTHOR'S FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE
- CHAPTER XXXV RESULTS OF SCIENCE
- CHAPTER XXXVI AGREEABLE RECOLLECTIONS
- APPENDIX
- LIST OF MR. BABBAGE'S PRINTED PAPERS
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- Passages from the Life of a Philosopher , pp. 97 - 111Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1864