documents

The Diplomas etc of Charles Babbage (bound volume). Social diary of Charles Babbage (1844) . Letters from the Duke of Somerset to Charles Babbage [See entries for pts. 1-3]

Details

Category:
Archive
Object Number:
1992-82
type:
documents
credit:
Babbage, S.B.

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