Charles Babbage manuscript material

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Creator

Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871.

Location

Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

Extent

• 1 item

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Scope/Contents Note

· To Lady Byron, wife of the poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Feb 1840 : (B'ANA 0664) : discussing his research on earthquakes.

Biographical/Historical 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."

Controlled Access Terms

• Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 -- Correspondence.
• Scientists -- Great Britain -- 19th century -- Correspondence.
• Seismology -- Research

Additional Creator Names

• Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860. rcp
• Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925