Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871

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English

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QA: Science: Mathematics

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Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871

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eBook-No. 57532

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July 18, 2018

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Contents

1. 1.PASSAGES FROM THE LIFE OF A PHILOSOPHER, by Charles Babbage
2. 2.DEDICATION.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. MY ANCESTORS.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. CHILDHOOD. — Earliest Recollections.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. BOYHOOD.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. CAMBRIDGE.
9. 9.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.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. II.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. OF THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. OF THE MECHANICAL NOTATION.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. THE EXHIBITION OF 1862. — Circumstances connected with the Exhibition of the Difference Engine No. 1 in the International Exhibition of 1862. — List of Mechanical Notations proposed to be Lent for the Exhibition.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. RECOLLECTIONS OF WOLLASTON, DAVY, AND ROGERS. — The Thaumatrope.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. RECOLLECTIONS OF LAPLACE, BIOT, AND HUMBOLDT. — Alexander Humboldt. — Of the Buonaparte Family.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. EXPERIENCE BY WATER.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. EXPERIENCE BY FIRE. — Baked in an Oven. — A Living Volcano. — Hot Springs. — Earthquakes. — Fire Damp.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. EXPERIENCE AMONGST WORKMEN.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. PICKING LOCKS AND DECIPHERING. — Deciphering.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. EXPERIENCE IN ST. GILES’S.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. ELECTIONEERING EXPERIENCE.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. SCENE FROM A NEW AFTER-PIECE, CALLED “ Politics and Poetry ;” or , “ The Decline of Science .” — ACT I. — ACT II.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. EXPERIENCE AT COURTS.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. EXPERIENCE AT COURTS.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. RAILWAYS.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. STREET NUISANCES.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. WIT.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. HINTS FOR TRAVELLERS.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. MIRACLES.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. RELIGION.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. A VISION.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. VARIOUS REMINISCENCES. — On Preventing the Forgery of Bank-Notes. — An Émeute. — Letters of Credit. — The Speaker. — Ancient Music.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE AUTHOR’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE. — Of the part taken by the Author in the formation of various Scientific Societies. — Calculus of Functions. — P OLITICAL E CONOMY. — Division of Labour. — Cost of any Article. — Principles of Taxation. — Monopoly. — Miracles.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV. THE AUTHOR’S FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE. — Of Glaciers. — Of the Causes of the Transformation of Condensed Snow into Transparent Ice. — Book and Parcel Post. — Submarine Navigation. — Difference Engine. — Explanation of the Cause of Magnetic and Electric Rotations. — Mechanical Notation. — Occulting Lights. — Night Signals. — Sun Signals. — Zenith-light Signals. — Greenwich Time Signals. — Geological Theory of Isothermal Surfaces. — Games of Skill. — Problem of the Three Magnetic Bodies.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV. RESULTS OF SCIENCE. — Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, &c. — Com­mis­sion­ers of Railways.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI. AGREEABLE RECOLLECTIONS. — Conclusion.
41. 41.APPENDIX. — M IRACLES. Note (A), page 394 . — R ELIGION. Note (B), page 403 . — A DDITION TO THE C HAPTER ON R AILROADS.
42. 42.LIST OF MR. BABBAGE’S PRINTED PAPERS.

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