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RefNoHS/27/54
Previous numbersHS/B27/54
LevelItem
TitleNotes and cuttings regarding Charles Babbage's calculating machine
Date1828
DescriptionNotes on the 'actual state' of the mahcine and drawings, the Council of the Royal Society's consideration of a letter from the Treasury, notes for the report, notes on a plan to raise money. Two newspaper cutting written in response to an article in The Record, from Herschel to The Times to explain what has happened to date regarding the expenditure of public funds for the calculating devices of Charles Babbage, who was then out of England.
LanguageEnglish
Extent12pp
FormatManuscript
Typescript
AccessStatusOpen
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