Thursday, 13 June 2013

ho.history overview - Mathematical Tables in Babbage's Library

See: M.R. Williams, "The Scientific Library of Charles Babbage," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 235-240, July-Sept. 1981, doi:10.1109/MAHC.1981.10028



Abstract: "In the early nineteenth century, Charles Babbage compiled a large scientific library that included many rare works. This paper describes the history, contents, and present location of the library. The contents are classified under twenty-one headings."

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