Index:Passages from the Life of a Philosopher.djvu

Title	Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Author	Charles Babbage
Year	1864
Publisher	Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green
Location	London
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Half Title — — Frontispiece — — Title — Dedication — vii viii ix x xi xii 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x xi xii xiii xiv xv xvi xvii xviii xix xx xxi xxii xxiii —

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.
My Ancestors		1.
CHAPTER II.
Childhood		7
CHAPTER III.
Boyhood		17
CHAPTER IV.
Cambridge		25
CHAPTER V.
Difference Engine No. 1		41
CHAPTER VI.
Statement relative to the Difference Engine, drawn up by the late Sir H. Nicolas from the Author's Papers		68
CHAPTER VII.
Difference Engine No. 2		97
CHAPTER VIII.
Of the Analytical Engine		112
CHAPTER IX.
Of the Mechanical Notation		142
CHAPTER X.
The Exhibition of 1862		147
CHAPTER XI.
The late Prince Consort		168
CHAPTER XII.
Recollections of the Duke of Wellington		173
CHAPTER XIII.
Recollections of Wollaston, Davy, and Rogers		186
CHAPTER XIV.
Recollections of Laplace, Biot, and Humboldt		195
CHAPTER XV.
Experience by Water		205
CHAPTER XVI.
Experience by Fire		213
CHAPTER XVII.
Experience amongst Workmen		228
CHAPTER XVIII.
Picking Locks and Deciphering		233
CHAPTER XIX.
Experience in St. Giles's		242
CHAPTER XX.
Theatrical Experience		251
CHAPTER XXI.
Electioneering Experience		259
CHAPTER XXII.
Scene from a New After-Piece		276
CHAPTER XXIII.
Experience at Courts		292
CHAPTER XXIV.
Experience at Courts		298
CHAPTER XXV.
Railways		313
CHAPTER XXVI.
Street Nuisances		337
CHAPTER XXVII.
Wit		363
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Hints for Travellers		371
CHAPTER XXIX.
Miracles		387
CHAPTER XXX.
Religion		396
CHAPTER XXXI.
A Vision		406
CHAPTER XXXII.
Various Reminiscences		421
CHAPTER XXXIII.
The Author's Contributions to Human Knowledge		430
CHAPTER XXXIV.
The Author's further Contributions to Human Knowledge		441
CHAPTER XXXV.
Results of Science		473
CHAPTER XXXVI.
Agreeable Recollections		482
Appendix		487
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