Charles Babbage manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Charles Babbage manuscript material"}

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{"value"=>"1840", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1840"}

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1840

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1840

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{"value"=>"Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Charles Babbage, mathematician and computer pioneer. He ignited a love for mathematics in a young Ada Byron in 1833 with a presentation to her of his first analytical engine, and her Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage was published in Taylor's Scientific Memoirs in 1843. According to Lady Byron's diaries, Ada was touched by the \"universality of his ideas.\".</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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{"value"=>"<p>To Lady Byron, wife of the poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Feb 1840 : (B'ANA 0664) : discussing his research on earthquakes.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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1840

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{"value"=>"Charles Babbage manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

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{"value"=>"Charles Babbage, mathematician and computer pioneer. He ignited a love for mathematics in a young Ada Byron in 1833 with a presentation to her of his first analytical engine, and her Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage was published in Taylor's Scientific Memoirs in 1843. According to Lady Byron's diaries, Ada was touched by the \"universality of his ideas.\". To Lady Byron, wife of the poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Feb 1840 : (B'ANA 0664) : discussing his research on earthquakes.", "generated"=>true}

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1 item

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1840

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1840

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