Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

Charles Babbage

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Book language: English
693 pages

Passages from the Life of a Philosopher is Charles Babbage's autobiographical collection of recollections and reflections. It covers his scientific career, his calculating engines, and episodes from nineteenth-century intellectual life. Listeners can hear a Victorian inventor's own account of curiosity, mechanics, and the pursuit of useful knowledge.

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PASSAGES FROM THE LIFE OF A PHILOSOPHER, by Charles Babbage
DEDICATION.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. MY ANCESTORS.
CHAPTER II. CHILDHOOD.
CHAPTER III. BOYHOOD.
CHAPTER IV. CAMBRIDGE.
CHAPTER V. DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. 1.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII. DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. II.
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, CALLED “Politics and Poetry;” or, “The Decline of Science.”
CHAPTER XXIII. EXPERIENCE AT COURTS.
CHAPTER XXIV. EXPERIENCE AT COURTS.
CHAPTER XXV. RAILWAYS.
CHAPTER XXVI. STREET NUISANCES.