Author:Charles Babbage
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| ←Author Index: Ba | Charles Babbage (1791–1871) |
| An English mathematician, philosopher, and mechanical engineer who originated the idea of a programmable computer. |
[edit] Works
- Tables of Logarithms (1826)
- Comparative View of the Various Institutions for the Assurance of Lives (1826)
- Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, Project Gutenberg (1830)
- On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures, Project Gutenberg (1834)
- Ninth Bridgewater Treatise (1837)
- The Exposition of 1851 (1851)
- Passages from the Life of a Philosopher (1864)
[edit] Works about Babbage
- Auszug aus einem Briefe des Herrn Baily an den Herausgeber (1823), by Francis Baily appearing in Astronomische Nachrichten (42)
- On Mr. Babbage's new machine for calculating and printing mathematical and astronomical tables (1823), by Francis Baily appearing in Astronomische Nachrichten (46)
- The Late Mr. Charles Babbage, F.R.S., Obituary appearing in The Times
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Babbage, Charles in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
- "Babbage, Charles," by Agnes Mary Clerke in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols..
- Henry Prevost Babbage's obituary in The Times. page scan
