Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
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1. PASSAGES FROM THE LIFE OF A PHILOSOPHER, by Charles Babbage2. DEDICATION.3. PREFACE.4. CHAPTER I. MY ANCESTORS.5. CHAPTER II. CHILDHOOD.6. CHAPTER III. BOYHOOD.7. CHAPTER IV. CAMBRIDGE.8. CHAPTER V. DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. 1.9. CHAPTER VI.10. CHAPTER VII. DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. II.11. CHAPTER VIII. OF THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE.12. CHAPTER IX. OF THE MECHANICAL NOTATION.13. CHAPTER X. THE EXHIBITION OF 1862.14. CHAPTER XI. THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.15. CHAPTER XII. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.16. CHAPTER XIII. RECOLLECTIONS OF WOLLASTON, DAVY, AND ROGERS.17. CHAPTER XIV. RECOLLECTIONS OF LAPLACE, BIOT, AND HUMBOLDT.18. CHAPTER XV. EXPERIENCE BY WATER.19. CHAPTER XVI. EXPERIENCE BY FIRE.20. CHAPTER XVII. EXPERIENCE AMONGST WORKMEN.21. CHAPTER XVIII. PICKING LOCKS AND DECIPHERING.22. CHAPTER XIX. EXPERIENCE IN ST. GILES’S.23. CHAPTER XX. THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE.24. CHAPTER XXI. ELECTIONEERING EXPERIENCE.25. CHAPTER XXII. SCENE FROM A NEW AFTER-PIECE, CALLED “Politics and Poetry;” or, “The Decline of Science.”26. ACT I.27. ACT II.28. CHAPTER XXIII. EXPERIENCE AT COURTS.29. CHAPTER XXIV. EXPERIENCE AT COURTS.30. CHAPTER XXV. RAILWAYS.31. CHAPTER XXVI. STREET NUISANCES.32. CHAPTER XXVII. WIT.33. CHAPTER XXVIII. HINTS FOR TRAVELLERS.34. CHAPTER XXIX. MIRACLES.35. CHAPTER XXX. RELIGION.36. CHAPTER XXXI. A VISION.37. CHAPTER XXXII. VARIOUS REMINISCENCES.38. CHAPTER XXXIII. THE AUTHOR’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE.39. CHAPTER XXXIV. THE AUTHOR’S FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE.40. CHAPTER XXXV. RESULTS OF SCIENCE.41. CHAPTER XXXVI. AGREEABLE RECOLLECTIONS.42. APPENDIX.43. LIST OF MR. BABBAGE’S PRINTED PAPERS.