| RefNo | MC/1/318 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from [James K.] Stewart, [Assistant Secretary at the] Treasury Chambers, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society] |
| Date | 11 July 1831 |
| Description | Requesting new nominations for an engineer to examine [Charles] Babbage's calculating machine [Difference Engine]. Stewart additionally informs the Society of plans for the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues to purchase land to construct a building for the calculating machine. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6626 | Babbage; Charles (1791 - 1871); mathematician | 1791 - 1871 |
| NA6616 | Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist | 1779 - 1869 |