Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
By Charles Babbage
Length16h 24m
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length16 hrs 24 mins
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Publish dateNov 25, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I. MY ANCESTORS.
39CHAPTER XXX. RELIGION.
2Earliest Recollections.
40CHAPTER XXXI. A VISION.
3CHAPTER III. BOYHOOD.
41On Preventing the Forgery of Bank-Notes.
4CHAPTER IV. CAMBRIDGE.
42An Émeute.
5Explanation of the Difference Engine.
43Letters of Credit.
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6Of the Mechanical Arrangements necessary for computing Tables by the Method of Differences.
44The Speaker.
7Description of the existing portion of Difference Engine No. 1.
45Ancient Music.
8CHAPTER VI.
46Of the part taken by the Author in the formation of various Scientific Societies.
9CHAPTER VII. DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. II.
47Calculus of Functions.
10CHAPTER VIII. OF THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE.
48POLITICAL ECONOMY.
11CHAPTER IX. OF THE MECHANICAL NOTATION.
49Division of Labour.
12Circumstances connected with the Exhibition of the Difference Engine No. 1 in the International Exhibition of 1862.
50Cost of any Article.
13List of Mechanical Notations proposed to be Lent for the Exhibition.
51Principles of Taxation.
14CHAPTER XI. THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.
52Monopoly.
15CHAPTER XII. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
53Miracles.
16The Thaumatrope.
54Of Glaciers.
17Alexander Humboldt.
55Of the Causes of the Transformation of Condensed Snow into Transparent Ice.
18Of the Buonaparte Family.
56Book and Parcel Post.
19CHAPTER XV. EXPERIENCE BY WATER.
57Submarine Navigation.
20Baked in an Oven.
58Difference Engine.
21A Living Volcano.
59Explanation of the Cause of Magnetic and Electric Rotations.
22Hot Springs.
60Mechanical Notation.
23Earthquakes.
61Occulting Lights.
24Fire Damp.
62Night Signals.
25CHAPTER XVII. EXPERIENCE AMONGST WORKMEN.
63Sun Signals.
26Deciphering.
64Zenith-light Signals.
27CHAPTER XIX. EXPERIENCE IN ST. GILES’S.
65Greenwich Time Signals.
28CHAPTER XX. THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE.
66Geological Theory of Isothermal Surfaces.
29CHAPTER XXI. ELECTIONEERING EXPERIENCE.
67Games of Skill.
30ACT I.
68Problem of the Three Magnetic Bodies.
31ACT II.
69Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, &c.
32CHAPTER XXIII. EXPERIENCE AT COURTS.
70Commissioners of Railways.
33CHAPTER XXIV. EXPERIENCE AT COURTS.
71Conclusion.
34CHAPTER XXV. RAILWAYS.
72MIRACLES. Note (A), page 394.
35CHAPTER XXVI. STREET NUISANCES.
73RELIGION. Note (B), page 403.
36CHAPTER XXVII. WIT.
74ADDITION TO THE CHAPTER ON RAILROADS.
37CHAPTER XXVIII. HINTS FOR TRAVELLERS.
75LIST OF MR. BABBAGE’S PRINTED PAPERS.
38CHAPTER XXIX. MIRACLES.
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