Article ID: CBB000018117

An unpublished letter from Charles Babbage, F.R.S., to Pierre Prevost (1973)

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Description In the letter, dated 19 April 1827, Babbage discusses details of his defective eyesight.


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Authors & Contributors
Campbell-Kelly, Martin
Weiss, Burghard
Bont, Raf de
Chang, Hasok
Dubbey, John M.
Green, Christopher D.
Journals
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Archives des Sciences (Geneva)
British Society for the History of Mathematics Bulletin
Critical Inquiry
Historia Mathematica
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Lang
University of Michigan Press
Concepts
Computers and computing
Controversies and disputes
Technology
Biographies
Mathematics
Artificial intelligence
People
Babbage, Charles
Prevost, Pierre
Augusta, Ada, Countess of Lovelace
Brougham, Henry
De Morgan, Augustus
Galvani, Luigi
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
21st century
Places
Great Britain
Germany
Institutions
Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota
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