- 198 pages
- English
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The Works of Charles Babbage Vol 5
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A set of 11 volumes which contains all the known works of Charles Babbage, who has been described as the "pioneer of the computer". His mathematical, scientific and engineering work is highly significant for its original approach to problem-solving and is reset for today's reader.
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Yes, you can access The Works of Charles Babbage Vol 5 by Charles Babbage,Martin Campbell-Kelly in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & World History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- XXI Paper on the principles of tools for turning and planing metals (1847)
- XXII Note respecting the pink projections from the sun’s disc observed during the total solar eclipse observed in 1851 (1852)
- XXIII Notes respecting lighthouses (1852)
- XXIV Thoughts on the principles of taxation with reference to a property tax and its exceptions (1852)
- XXV On the statistics of lighthouses (1853)
- XXVI Correspondence on cypher writing, with J. H. B. Thwaites (1854)
- XXVII Submarine navigation (1855)
- XXVIII On the possible use of the occulting telegraph at Sebastopol (1855)
- XXIX A method of laying the guns of a battery without exposing the men to the shot of the enemy (1855)
- XXX Cypher writing (1855)
- XXXI Analysis of the statistics of the Clearing House during the year 1839 (1856)
- XXXII On the action of ocean currents in the formation of the strata of the earth (1856)
- XXXIII Table of the relative frequency of occurrence of the causes of breaking of plate glass windows (1857)
- XXXIV On tables of the constants of nature and art (1857)
- XXXV Observations on the discovery in various localities of the remains of human art mixed with the bones of extinct races of animals (1860)
- XXXVI Contributions to the discussions at the Fourth International Statistical Congress, London (1860)
- XXXVII Letter to Dr Farr on the origin of the International Statistical Congresses (1860)
- XXXVIII Thoughts upon an extension of the franchise (1865)
- XXXIX Observations on the parallel roads of Glen Roy (1868)