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Hot Springs.
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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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During my residence at Naples
in 1828,
the government appointed a commission of members of the Royal Academy of Naples
to visit Ischia
and make a report upon the hot springs in that island .
Being a foreign member of the Academy ,
they {223}
did me the honour of placing my name upon that commission .
The weather was very favourable ,
the party was most agreeable ,
and during three or four days I enjoyed the society of my colleagues ,
the delightful scenery ,
and the highly interesting natural phenomena of that singular island .
〈
HOT SPRINGS OF ISCHIA.〉
None of the hot springs were deep :
in several we made excavations which ,
in all cases ,
gave increased heat to the water .
In one or two ,
I believe if we had excavated to a small depth or bored a few feet ,
we might have met with boiling water .
I took the opportunity of this visit to view the devastations made by the recent earthquake in the small town which had been destroyed .
The greater part of the town consisted of narrow streets formed by small houses built of squared stone .
In some of these streets the houses on one side were thrown down ,
whilst those a few feet distant ,
on the opposite side ,
although severely damaged ,
had their walls left standing .
The landlord of the hotel at which we took up our quarters assured me the effects of the recent earthquake were entirely confined to a small portion of the island which he pointed out from the front of his hotel ,
and added that it was scarcely felt in other parts .
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