Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

by Charles Babbage

CONTENTS.

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

PASSAGES FROM THE LIFE OF A PHILOSOPHER.