Key Information
Reference code
K/PP62/1/1
Title
Letter from mathematician Charles Babbage, 1837
Date(s)
- Aug 17 (Creation)
- 1837 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 item
Scope and content
Letter from Charles Babbage, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, University of Cambridge, regarding the experimental deployment of batteries in mining and their proposed employment as a source of motive power, and seeking Daniell's recommendation of suitable literature on the subject, 1837. 1 item