MS Buxton 15. Three books of tables calculated and printed on Scheutz machines | |
| Inventory Number: | 16152 |
| Object Type: | Archive |
| EAD Extent: | Three printed volumes |
| EAD Scope and Content: | Three volumes of tables calculated and printed mechanically in the manner proposed by Babbage: (1) [George and Edward Scheutz], 'Specimens of Tables, Calculated, Stereomoulded, and Printed by Machinery' (London, 1857), dedicated to Babbage, frontispiece illustration of the Scheutz machine; (2) 'Mountain Barometer Tables; Calculated and Stereoglyphed by Messrs. Scheutz’s Calculating Machine No. 2, and Printed by Machinery' (London, 1859), issued ‘For private circulation’ by William Gravatt (slim pocket format, 167 x 45 mm); (3) Another impression of the 'Mountain Barometer Tables' (London, 1862). |
| Collection Group: | Buxton Collection |
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