DEDICATION. TO VICTOR EMMANUEL II., KING OF ITALY.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. MY ANCESTORS. Traced his descent, through ages dark,
CHAPTER II. CHILDHOOD. "The Prince of Darkness is a
CHAPTER III. BOYHOOD.
CHAPTER IV. CAMBRIDGE.
CHAPTER V. DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. 1. " Oh no! we never mention
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII. DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. II.
CHAPTER VIII. OF THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE. Man wrongs, and Time
CHAPTER IX. OF THE MECHANICAL NOTATION.
CHAPTER X. THE EXHIBITION OF 1862.
CHAPTER XI. THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT. "Suum cuique." Count
CHAPTER XII. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
CHAPTER XIII. RECOLLECTIONS OF WOLLASTON, DAVY, AND ROGERS.
CHAPTER XIV. RECOLLECTIONS OF LAPLACE, BIOT, AND HUMBOLDT.
CHAPTER XV. EXPERIENCE BY WATER.
CHAPTER XVI. EXPERIENCE BY FIRE.
CHAPTER XVII. EXPERIENCE AMONGST WORKMEN.
CHAPTER XVIII. PICKING LOCKS AND DECIPHERING.
CHAPTER XIX. EXPERIENCE IN ST. GILES'S.
CHAPTER XX. THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE.
CHAPTER XXI. ELECTIONEERING EXPERIENCE.
CHAPTER XXII. SCENE FROM A NEW AFTER-PIECE, CALLED " Politics
CHAPTER XXIII. EXPERIENCE AT COURTS.
CHAPTER XXIV. EXPERIENCE AT COURTS.
CHAPTER XXV. RAILWAYS.
CHAPTER XXVI. STREET NUISANCES.
CHAPTER XXVII. WIT.
CHAPTER XXVIII. HINTS FOR TRAVELLERS.
CHAPTER XXIX. MIRACLES.
CHAPTER XXX. RELIGION. " Before thy holy altar, sacred Truth, I
CHAPTER XXXI. A VISION.
CHAPTER XXXII. VARIOUS REMINISCENCES. On Preventing the Forgery of Bank-Notes.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE AUTHOR'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE.
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE AUTHOR'S FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE.
CHAPTER XXXV. RESULTS OF SCIENCE.
CHAPTER XXXVI. AGREEABLE RECOLLECTIONS.
APPENDIX. M IRACLES. Note (A), page 394 .
LIST OF MR. BABBAGE'S PRINTED PAPERS.
Impression from a woodcut of a small portion of Mr. Babbage’s Difference Engine No. 1, the property of Government, at present deposited in the Museum at South Kensington.
- It was commenced 1823.
- This portion put together 1833.
- The construction abandoned 1842.
- This plate was printed June, 1853.
- This portion was in the Exhibition 1862.
