MS Buxton 13. Babbage's history of his early mathematical discussions | |
| Inventory Number: | 16148 |
| Object Type: | Archive |
| EAD Extent: | Index book, containing front flyleaf plus top leaf plus intro text paginated 1-8 and index 12 leaves plus pp. 1-296 plus end flyleaf, plus two loose contemporary sheets and one later (1933) loose enclosure |
| EAD Scope and Content: | Charles Babbage, ‘The History of the Origin and Progress of the Calculus of Functions during the years 1809 1810 ........ 1817’ [8 dots, sic; p.1], undated (probably written in or soon after 1817). A narrative of the early mathematical discussions and correspondence of Babbage's Cambridge circle of friends, especially in the Analytical Society (founded 1812) and then after leaving Cambridge, including transcriptions of correspondence with Edward F. Bromhead, J. F. W. Herschel, W. H. Maule and others. |
| Collection Group: | Buxton Collection |
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