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Section 26 of 87
Baked in an Oven.
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CHAPTER I. MY ANCESTORS.
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CHAPTER II. CHILDHOOD.
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Earliest Recollections.
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CHAPTER III. BOYHOOD.
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CHAPTER IV. CAMBRIDGE.
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CHAPTER V. DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. 1.
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Explanation of the Difference Engine.
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Of the Mechanical Arrangements necessary for computing Tables by the Method of Differences.
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Description of the existing portion of Difference Engine No. 1.
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CHAPTER VI.
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CHAPTER VII. DIFFERENCE ENGINE NO. II.
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CHAPTER VIII. OF THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE.
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CHAPTER IX. OF THE MECHANICAL NOTATION.
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CHAPTER X. THE EXHIBITION OF 1862.
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Circumstances connected with the Exhibition of the Difference Engine No. 1 in the International Exhibition of 1862.
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List of Mechanical Notations proposed to be Lent for the Exhibition.
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CHAPTER XI. THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.
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CHAPTER XII. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
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CHAPTER XIII. RECOLLECTIONS OF WOLLASTON, DAVY, AND ROGERS.
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The Thaumatrope.
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CHAPTER XIV. RECOLLECTIONS OF LAPLACE, BIOT, AND HUMBOLDT.
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Alexander Humboldt.
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Of the Buonaparte Family.
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CHAPTER XV. EXPERIENCE BY WATER.
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CHAPTER XVI. EXPERIENCE BY FIRE.
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Baked in an Oven.
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A Living Volcano.
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Hot Springs.
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Earthquakes.
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Fire Damp.
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CHAPTER XVII. EXPERIENCE AMONGST WORKMEN.
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CHAPTER XVIII. PICKING LOCKS AND DECIPHERING.
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Deciphering.
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CHAPTER XIX. EXPERIENCE IN ST. GILES’S.
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CHAPTER XX. THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE.
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CHAPTER XXI. ELECTIONEERING EXPERIENCE.
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CHAPTER XXII. SCENE FROM A NEW AFTER-PIECE, CALLED “Politics and Poetry;” or, “The Decline of Science.”
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ACT I.
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ACT II.
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CHAPTER XXIII. EXPERIENCE AT COURTS.
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CHAPTER XXIV. EXPERIENCE AT COURTS.
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CHAPTER XXV. RAILWAYS.
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CHAPTER XXVI. STREET NUISANCES.
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CHAPTER XXVII. WIT.
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CHAPTER XXVIII. HINTS FOR TRAVELLERS.
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CHAPTER XXIX. MIRACLES.
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CHAPTER XXX. RELIGION.
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CHAPTER XXXI. A VISION.
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On Preventing the Forgery of Bank-Notes.
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An Émeute.
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Letters of Credit.
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The Speaker.
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Ancient Music.
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CHAPTER XXXIII. THE AUTHOR’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE.
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Of the part taken by the Author in the formation of various Scientific Societies.
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Calculus of Functions.
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POLITICAL ECONOMY.
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Division of Labour.
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Cost of any Article.
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Principles of Taxation.
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Monopoly.
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Miracles.
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CHAPTER XXXIV. THE AUTHOR’S FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE.
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Of Glaciers.
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Of the Causes of the Transformation of Condensed Snow into Transparent Ice.
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Book and Parcel Post.
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Submarine Navigation.
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Difference Engine.
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Explanation of the Cause of Magnetic and Electric Rotations.
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Mechanical Notation.
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Occulting Lights.
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Night Signals.
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Sun Signals.
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Zenith-light Signals.
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Greenwich Time Signals.
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Geological Theory of Isothermal Surfaces.
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Games of Skill.
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Problem of the Three Magnetic Bodies.
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CHAPTER XXXV. RESULTS OF SCIENCE.
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Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, &c.
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Commissioners of Railways.
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CHAPTER XXXVI. AGREEABLE RECOLLECTIONS.
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Conclusion.
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MIRACLES. Note (A), page 394.
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RELIGION. Note (B), page 403.
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ADDITION TO THE CHAPTER ON RAILROADS.
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LIST OF MR. BABBAGE’S PRINTED PAPERS.
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CALLING one morning upon Chantrey,
I met Captain Kater
and the late Sir Thomas Lawrence,
the President of the Royal Academy . Chantrey
was engaged at that period in casting a large bronze statue .
An oven of considerable size had been built for the purpose of drying the moulds .
I made several inquiries about it ,
and Chantrey
kindly offered to let me pay it a visit ,
and thus ascertain by my own feelings the effects of high temperature on the human body .
I willingly accepted the proposal ,
and Captain Kater
offered to accom
pany me .
Sir Thomas Lawrence,
who was suffering from indis
po si
tion ,
did not think it prudent to join our party .
In fact ,
he died on the second or third day after our exper
i
ment .
The iron folding-doors
of the small room or oven were {214}
opened .
Captain Kater
and myself entered ,
and they were then closed upon us .
The further corner of the room ,
which was paved with squared stones ,
was visibly of a dull-red
heat .
The thermometer marked ,
if I recollect rightly , 265°.
The pulse was quickened ,
and I ought to have counted but did not count the number of inspirations per minute .
Perspiration commenced immediately and was very copious .
We remained ,
I believe ,
about five or six minutes without very great discomfort ,
and I experienced no subsequent inconvenience from the result of the experiment .
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