See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• CHARLES BABBAGE (1792—1871)

BABBAGE (1792—1871)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English mathematician and mechanician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 26th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1792 at See also:

• TEIGNMOUTH
• TEIGNMOUTH, JOHN SHORE, 1ST BARON (1751-1834)

Teignmouth in See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire . He was educated at a private school, and afterwards entered St See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, where he graduated in 1814 . Though he did not compete in the mathematical tripos, he acquired a See also:

• GREAT

great reputation at the university . In the years 1815—1817 he contributed three papers on the " Calculus of Functions " to the Philosophical Transactions, and in 1816 was made a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the Royal Society . Along with See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• HERSCHEL, CAROLINE LUCRETIA (1750-1848)
• HERSCHEL, SIR F
• HERSCHEL, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1738-1822)
• HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM, BART

Herschel and See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• PEACOCK (Lat. Pavo, O. Eng. Pawe, Du. pauuw, Ger. Pfau, Fr. Paon)
• PEACOCK, GEORGE (1791–1858)
• PEACOCK, SIR BARNES (1810-189o)
• PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE (1785-1866)

Peacock he laboured to raise the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard of mathematical instruction in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and especially endeavoured to supersede the Newtonian by the Leibnitzian notation in the infinitesimal calculus . See also:

• BABBAGE, CHARLES (1792—1871)

Babbage's See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention seems to have been very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• DRAWN

drawn to the number and importance of the errors introduced into astronomical and other calculations through inaccuracies in the computation of tables . He contributed to the Royal Society some notices on the relation between notation and mechanism; and in 1822, in a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter to Sir H . See also:

• DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY

Davy on the application of machinery to the calculation and See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing of mathematical tables, he discussed the principles of a calculating See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine, to the construction of which he devoted many years of his See also:

• LIFE

life . See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government was. induced to See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant its aid, and the inventor himself spent a portion of his private See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune in the See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution of his undertaking . He travelled through several of the countries of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, examining different systems of machinery; and some of the results of his investigations were published in the admirable little See also:

• WORK

work, See also:

• ECONOMY

Economy of See also:

• MACHINES

Machines and Manufactures (1834) . The great calculating engine was never completed; the constructor apparently desired to adopt a new principle when the first specimen was nearly See also:

• COMPLETE

complete, to make it not a difference but an See also:

• ANALYTICAL

analytical engine, and the government declined to accept the further See also:

• RISK

risk (see CALCULATING MACHINES) . From 1828 to 1839 Babbage was Lucasian See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics at Cambridge .

He contributed largely to several scientific See also:

• PERIODICALS

periodicals, and was instrumental in See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding the Astronomical (182o) and Statistical (1834) See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

Societies . He only once endeavoured to enter public life, when, in 1832, he stood unsuccessfully for the See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of See also:

• FINSBURY

Finsbury . During the later years of his life he resided in See also:

• LONDON

London, devoting himself to the construction of machines capable of performing arithmetical and even algebraical calculations . He died at London on the 18th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1871 . He gives a few See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical details in his Passages from the Life of a Philosopher (1864), a work which throws considerable See also:

• LIGHT

light upon his somewhat See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . His See also:

• WORKS

works, See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets and papers were very numerous; in the Passages he enumerates eighty See also:

• SEPARATE

separate writings . Of these the most important, besides the few already mentioned, are Tables of Logarithms (1826); See also:

• COMPARATIVE

Comparative View of the Various Institutions for the Assurance of Lives (1826); Decline of See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science in England (183o); Ninth See also:

• BRIDGEWATER, FRANCIS EGERTON, 3RP DUKE OF (1736-1803)
• BRIDGEWATER, FRANCIS HENRY EGERTON

Bridgewater See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise (1837) The Exposition of 1851 (1851) . See Monthly Notices, Royal Astronomical Society, vol . 32 .