Item #H28924 The North British Review, Vol XV, May- August 1851, w/ long discussion of Babbage's "Difference Engine" Charles Babbage interest, Henry Longueville Mansel, Samuel Brown, Charles Kingsley, David Masson.
The North British Review, Vol XV, May- August 1851, w/ long discussion of Babbage's "Difference Engine"
The North British Review, Vol XV, May- August 1851, w/ long discussion of Babbage's "Difference Engine"
The North British Review, Vol XV, May- August 1851, w/ long discussion of Babbage's "Difference Engine"
The North British Review, Vol XV, May- August 1851, w/ long discussion of Babbage's "Difference Engine"
The North British Review, Vol XV, May- August 1851, w/ long discussion of Babbage's "Difference Engine"
The North British Review, Vol XV, May- August 1851, w/ long discussion of Babbage's "Difference Engine"
The North British Review, Vol XV, May- August 1851, w/ long discussion of Babbage's "Difference Engine"
The North British Review, Vol XV, May- August 1851, w/ long discussion of Babbage's "Difference Engine"
The North British Review, Vol XV, May- August 1851, w/ long discussion of Babbage's "Difference Engine"

The North British Review, Vol XV, May- August 1851, w/ long discussion of Babbage's "Difference Engine"

Edinburgh: W. P. Kennedy, 1851. Hardcover. 8vo, contemporary cloth, good with some wear and discoloration to binding, bookplate of Springhill College Library and ink stamp from the Mansfield College Library, Oxford. Text clean. With long article on various books on logic, including de Morgan, unsigned but by Henry Longueville Mansel; David Masson's long essay on Dickens, David Copperfield and Thackeray's Pendennis, unsigned Charles Kingsley review of several books on London's water system, healthcare, infrastructure, etc., but also on John Stuart Mills' "Principles of Political Economy," and review of Babbage's book on the Exposition of 1851 that also has a 6 page consideration of Babbage's "Calculating Machine," which they also refer to as the "Difference Engine," one of the earliest contemporary published assessments of Babbage. And much else. 574 pp. Good. Item #H28924

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