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041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Babbage
245 1 0 $a Passages From The Life Of A Philosopher. By Charles Babbage, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., F. Stat. S., Hon. M.R.I.A., M.C.P.S., Commander Of The Italian Order Of St. Maurice And St. Lazarus, Inst. Imp. (Acad. Moral.) Paris Corr., Acad. Amer. Art. Et Sc. Boston, Reg. Œcon. Boruss., Phys. Hist. Nat. Genev., Acad. Reg. Monac., Hafn., Massil., Et Divion., Socius, Acad. Imp. Et Reg. Petrop., Neap., Brux., Patav., Georg. Floren, Lyncei Rom., Mut., Philomath. Paris, Soc. Corr., Etc.
260 # # $a London: $b Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green. $c 1864. [The right of Translation is reserved.]
300 # # $a xii, 496 p., frontis.; $c 227 mm. (Octavo.)
505 0 # $a [Half-t., frontis., t.p., dedic.] - Preface - Contents - [Text] - List Of Mr. Babbage's Printed Papers.
508 # # $a The frontispiece is signed as drawn by B.H. Babbage.

The work is dedicated by Charles Babbage to Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy.
510 0 # $a D. Swade, The cog-wheel brain: Charles Babbage and the quest to build the first computer (2000).
520 2 # $a The frontispiece is captioned, and shows '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 ...'.
533 # # $n A new edition, with an introduction by M. Campbell-Kelly, was published in 1994.
562 # # $a The half-title is inscribed in ink, 'To the Library of The Royal Academy From the Author'.
563 # # $a 19th-century green cloth, spine lettered 'Passages From The Life Of A Philosopher By C. Babbage, M.A.'
600 1 4 $a Babbage
653 # # $a Mathematicians - Computer scientists - Computers - Machines - Great Britain - History - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Biography - Memoirs - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a Babbage $e draughtsman
700 0 # $a Victor Emmanuel II $e dedicatee
700 1 # $a Babbage $e previous owner $e donor
710 2 # $a Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green $e publisher