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Charles Babbage manuscript material : 2 items

Title
Charles Babbage manuscript material : 2 items, 1840-1843
Author
Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871.

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Mixed materialPermit needed Pforz MSSchwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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Additional Authors
  • Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860
  • Shee, Martin Archer, 1769-1850
Found In
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
Description
2 items
Summary
  • · To Lady Byron, wife of the poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Feb 1840 : (B'ANA 0664) : discussing his research on earthquakes.
  • · To Martin Archer Shee, portrait painter and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Jun 1843 : (SHEE 0113a) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Dorsett : begins, "My brother-in-law, Sir Edward Ryan, late chief justice at Calcutta wishes to make some enquiries respecting a portrait ..." Mounted in the Martin Archer Shee Autograph Album. Shelved with bound manuscript volumes under "Shee."
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  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • Charles Babbage, mathematician and computer pioneer. He ignited a love for mathematics in a young Ada Byron in 1833 with a presentation to her of his first analytical engine, and her Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage was published in Taylor's Scientific Memoirs in 1843. According to Lady Byron's diaries, Ada was touched by the "universality of his ideas."
Call Number
Pforz MS
OCLC
76699325
Author
Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871.
Title
Charles Babbage manuscript material : 2 items, 1840-1843
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
Charles Babbage, mathematician and computer pioneer. He ignited a love for mathematics in a young Ada Byron in 1833 with a presentation to her of his first analytical engine, and her Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage was published in Taylor's Scientific Memoirs in 1843. According to Lady Byron's diaries, Ada was touched by the "universality of his ideas."
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Added Author
Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860, addressee.
Shee, Martin Archer, 1769-1850, addressee.
Found In:
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
Research Call Number
Pforz MS
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