Charles Babbage: mathematical and scientific notebooks and papers

This material is held atCambridge University Library

  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Add.8705
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1806-1878 (Circa)
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 3 archive box(es) 3 boxes
      1 file(s) 1 box-file
      34 file(s) 34 files

Scope and Content

Charles Babbage: mathematical and scientific notebooks and papers

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Transferred from the Scientific Periodicals Library, Cambridge, 1989.

Other Finding Aids

Additional Manuscripts Summary Catalogue. There is also a more detailed entry in the main catalogue.

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Bibliography

For information on other papers of Babbage see The manuscript papers of British scientists 1600-1840 (Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Guides to sources for British history), 1982.