MS Buxton 8.1. History of invention of the Calculating Engine | |
| Inventory Number: | 16135 |
| Object Type: | Archive |
| EAD Extent: | Manuscript, 38 pages, including 3 leaves (6 pages) inserted between original pagination 8-9 |
| EAD Scope and Content: | ‘History of the invention of the Calculating Engine by Charles Babbage’, 6 September 1834 (2½ sides, unfinished), written in the first person; ‘Sketch of the principles of the Analytical Engine’, Genoa, September 1841, introductory part crossed through in pencil up to the next heading, originally a sub-heading; ‘Of the Analytical Engine’ (Florence, October 1841), a detailed technical description, with sub-headings, including 3 leaves (6 pages) inserted between original pagination 8-9 (a version of the chapter in Buxton’s biography but more long-winded). 38 pages including the inserts, original pagination 1-32. Originals in MS Buxton 7. |
| Collection Group: | Buxton Collection |
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