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REFLECTIONS

ON THE

DECLINE OF SCIENCE IN ENGLAND,

AND ON

SOME OF ITS CAUSES.

BY

CHARLES BABBAGE, ESQ.

LUCASIAN PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,
AND MEMBER OF SEVERAL ACADEMIES.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR B. FELLOWES, LUDGATE STREET;
AND J. BOOTH, DUKE STREET, PORTLAND PLACE.

1830.