The Heritage of Charles Babbage in Australasia

The Inconsistent Youth of Charles Babbage

“…59 To mark the engagement, he and Miss Whitmore would soon sit for a pair of miniature portraits, the type that lovers carried when they were absent from the object of their affection. 60 …”

Was babbage caught in the act?

“…Very soon after taking his degree Babbage requested and received from Trinity College, where he had spent most of his student years, a certificate stating that he was a fit and proper person to be ordained. 6 The certificate was dated 10 February 1814 and was signed by the vice master and seven fellows of Trinity. Moreover, some years later, Babbage was elected Lucasian Professor at Cambridge.…”

Relics of Davy and Faraday in New Zealand

“…23 Very many relics of Charles Babbage (1791-1871) are held in Wanganui Regional Museum, in Auckland Central City Library and in several other collections. 24 Eight medical prescriptions by Dr Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) are in the Alfred & Isabella Reed Collection in Dunedin Public Library, 25 and about 50 letters of Charles Darwin (1809-1881) are held in numerous collections in New Zealand. 26 There are large collections of relics of those Fellows of the Royal Society who lived in New Zealand in the 19th Century, 28…”