Babbageʼs Calculating Machines, the Proteus From Postojna Cave, and the Carniolan Museum Society

We verified some data in Shawʼs description of Babbageʼs visit to Postojna. To compare with, we calculated the exact date of Babbageʼs voyage from his own descriptions. We researched the motives for his interests in the Proteus anguinus. We described other Babbageʼs scientific activities at the time...

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Main Author: Stanislav Južnič
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts 2016-05-01
Series:Acta Carsologica
Online Access:https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/carsologica/article/view/286