1st Edition

Exposition of 1851 Or Views of the Industry, The Science and the Government of England

By Charles Babbage Copyright 1968
    308 Pages
    by Routledge

    308 Pages
    by Routledge

    Part of the library of Science and Public Affairs and originally published in 1851, this study relates views of the industry, science and the Government of England in 1851.

    CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER II. ERROR RESPECTING THE INTERCHANGE OF COMMODITIES, CHAPTER III. OF SOCIETIES, CHAPTER IV. ORIGIN OF THE EXPOSITION OF 1851, CHAPTER V. OBJECT AND USE OF THE EXPOSITION, CHAPTER VI. LIMITS, CHAPTER VII. SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING, CHAPTER VIII. PRICES, CHAPTER IX. PRIZES, CHAPTER X. JURIES, ETC., CHAPTER XI. ULTERIOR OBJECTS, CHAPTER XII. INTRIGUES OF SCIENCE, CHAPTER XIII. CALCULATING ENGINES, CHAPTER XIV. POSITION OF SCIENCE, CHAPTER XV. THE PRESS, CHAPTER XVI. PARTY, CHAPTER XVII. REWARDS OF MERIT, APPENDIX. THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF MR. WELD'S HISTORY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY

    Biography

    Charles Babbage