Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871

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Charles Babbage was a British mathematician and inventor. He helped found the Analytical Society, The Royal Astronomical Society, and the Statistical Society, and was a member of the Royal Academy. He invented several mechanical calculating machines, and designed an analytical engine that anticipated the digital computer. He also helped establish the modern English postal system, compiled the first reliable actuarial tables, and invented the locomotive cowcatcher.

From the description of Charles Babbage letter to Mary Shepherd, 1826 July 14. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 58726274
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referencedIn Sir John F. W.(John Frederick William) Herschel correspondence, [n.d.], n.d. American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Correspondence, 1830-1849. American Institute of Physics
referencedIn Sir Charles Lyell papers, 1806-1874, 1806-1874 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Sir James Paget correspondence, 1784-1932, 1784-1932 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Ada King, Countess of Lovelace manuscript material : 16 items, 1840-1851 The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.
referencedIn Adolphe Quetelet correspondence, 1822-1872, 1822-1872 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn General information about the Babbage calculator. Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Scientists Collection, 1563-1973 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1792-1871. Portion of an autograph letter signed : Dorset, to an unidentified recipient, 1847 Nov. 10. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Alexander, Stephen, 1806-1883. Stephen Alexander collection, 1827-1882. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860. Theodore Parker papers, 1837-1930s and undated (bulk 1837-1860). Lexington Historical Society
referencedIn Album materials, 1777-1925 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Charles Babbage manuscript material : 1 item, 1840 New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871. Correspondence with Charles Babbage, 1819-1870. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867. Papers, 1835-1864. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874. Correspondence, 1822-1872. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Letter to unidentified correspondent : [n.p.] : ALS, [undated]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Kenyon, John, 1784-1856. John Kenyon Autograph Album 1806-1903. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Selected correspondence, 1827-1871. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Berg, Herman. Mail art. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. [Correspondence] [microform]. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Papers. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn James Marshall Osborn collection of Lady Sydney Morgan, 1805-1833 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Autograph letter signed : [London], to an unidentified recipient, 1849 Mar. 7. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Richard Mackenzie Bacon: Correspondence and Papers, 1752-1874 Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
referencedIn Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982 Houghton Library
referencedIn Hopper, Grace Murray. Oral history interview with Grace Murray Hopper, ca. 1976. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Charles Babbage: Mathematical and Scientific Notebooks and Papers, 1806-1878 Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
referencedIn Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872. Papers, [ca. 1781-ca. 1877]. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Monographs and serials, in-process University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.
creatorOf Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852. Ada King, Countess of Lovelace manuscript material : 16 items, 1840-1851 New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Papers. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn Alexander, Stephen, 1806-1883. Stephen Alexander letter, 1837, Jun. 9, Princeton, to "My dear Sir." Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
referencedIn Vaughan, Petty. Letter : London, to Professor Cleaveland, Brunswick, Me., 1832 Jan. 12. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Papers of Dorothy Greaves (Museum Warden at the Rochdale Pioneers Museum), 1838-2008 National Co-operative Archive
referencedIn Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859. Miscellaneous correspondence, 1789-1859. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871. Correspondence, 1829-1871. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Charles Babbage Institute. Charles Babbage collection, 1815-1981 (bulk 1815-1863). University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Berg, Herman. Papers, 1984-1988. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Papers, 1808-ca. 1866. American Institute of Physics
referencedIn Daniell, J. Frederic (John Frederic), 1790-1845. Papers, 1821-1890. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Sheridan family papers, 1693-1917 (bulk: 1762-1917). Houghton Library
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Babbage to James Spedding [manuscript], 1856 December 5. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Alexander, Stephen, 1806-1883. Collection 1827-1882 Princeton University Library
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Charles Babbage letter to Mary Shepherd, 1826 July 14. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Herschel Family. Papers, 1721-1951, (bulk 1810-1871). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Alexander von Humboldt miscellaneous correspondence, 1789-1859, 1789-1859 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874. Correspondence, 1822-1872. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Mary Somerville papers, [ca. 1781-ca. 1877], Circa 1781-1877 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Charles Babbage selected correspondence, 1827-1871, 1827-1871 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Letter, 16 April 1861. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Lovelace, Augusta Ada (Byron) King-Noel, Countess of, 1815-1852. Autograph letter signed with initials : Ashley-Combe, Somerset, to [Charles] Babbage, [no year], Nov. 17. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Letter, 1841 July 7, London, to [George] Ticknor [n.p.]. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Letter, 1835 October 28 [London?], to G. Ticknor [n.p.]. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Rawlins, Ray E. D., 1917-1979,. Collection of autographs of scientists, 1772-1973. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Sir Roderick Impey Murchison correspondence, 1829-1871, 1829-1871 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Papers, ca. 1820-1864. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867. A. D. Bache Collection, 1833-1873 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Kane, Gerald John, 1901-1957. Collection of Gerald John Kane - Literary, 1571-1951. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Buxton, H. W. (Harry Wilmot). Memoir of the life and labours of the late Charles Babbage Esq., F.R.S. ... [microform] : comprising a descriptive and historical account of his analytical and difference engines derived principally from his posthumous mss. and papers : holograph, [1871?] / by Harry Wilmot Buxton. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875. Papers, 1806-1874. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Charles Babbage manuscript material : 1 item, 1840 The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.
creatorOf Irvine, Alexander, 1863-1941. Autograph Collection of Alexander Irvine. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society, 1799-1882 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871. Letters and papers of Sir John Herschel, 1820-1870 (inclusive), [microform]. Yale University Library
referencedIn Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974. Oral history interview with Vannevar Bush, 1964. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Charles Babbage collection, 1815-1981, (bulk 1815-1863) University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.
referencedIn Autograph File, L, 1641-1976. Houghton Library
referencedIn Collection of autographs of scientists, 1772-1973, 1772-1973 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mrs. Crosse, 1864 May 12. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Albert Stephens Borgman autograph collection, 1600-1950. Houghton Library
creatorOf Charles Babbage letters, 1842-1853 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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referencedIn Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944,. Historical papers, [ca. 1400-1899]. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Van Sinderen, Alfred White, 1924-1998,. Alfred White Van Sinderen collection of Charles Babbage, 1810-1995. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Charles Babbage: Mathematical and Scientific Notebooks and Papers, 1806-1878 Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
referencedIn Sir George Gabriel Stokes: Miscellaneous Papers, c.1830s-1902 Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
referencedIn Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874 Houghton Library
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