Research Catalog

Title

Charles Babbage manuscript material : 2 items, 1840-1843

Author

Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860
• Shee, Martin Archer, 1769-1850

Found In

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Description

2 items

Summary

• · To Lady Byron, wife of the poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Feb 1840 : (B'ANA 0664) : discussing his research on earthquakes.
• · To Martin Archer Shee, portrait painter and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Jun 1843 : (SHEE 0113a) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Dorsett : begins, "My brother-in-law, Sir Edward Ryan, late chief justice at Calcutta wishes to make some enquiries respecting a portrait ..." Mounted in the Martin Archer Shee Autograph Album. Shelved with bound manuscript volumes under "Shee."

Subjects

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

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (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."

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

76699325

Author

Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871.

Title

Charles Babbage manuscript material : 2 items, 1840-1843

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."

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Added Author

Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860, addressee.

Shee, Martin Archer, 1769-1850, addressee.

Found In:

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Research Call Number

Pforz MS