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Author	Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871.
Uniform Title	Babbage, Charles : manuscript material
Title	Charles Babbage manuscript material : 1 item, 1840

Location	Call No.	Status	Message
Schwarzman Building (42nd Street & 5th Avenue) - Pforzheimer Collection	Pforz MS	AVAILABLE	PERMIT NEEDED

Description	1 item
Summary	· To Lady Byron, wife of the poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Feb 1840 : (B'ANA 0664) : discussing his research on earthquakes.
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."
Subject	Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 -- Correspondence.
	Scientists -- Great Britain -- 19th century -- Correspondence.
	Seismology -- Research
Added Author	Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860, Recipient.
Call No.	Pforz MS
Research Call Number	Pforz MS