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RefNoMC/1/318
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [James K.] Stewart, [Assistant Secretary at the] Treasury Chambers, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society]
Date11 July 1831
DescriptionRequesting 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.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6626Babbage; Charles (1791 - 1871); mathematician1791 - 1871
NA6616Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist1779 - 1869
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