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.

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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.

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2 v. (viii, 2194 leaves)

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Buxton, H. W. (Harry Wilmot)

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University of Oxford. Museum of the History of Science

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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 th...