Exposition of 1851

First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Charles Babbage

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER II. ERROR RESPECTING THE INTERCHANGE OF COMMODITIES, CHAPTER III. OF SOCIETIES, CHAPTER IV. ORIGIN OF THE EXPOSITION OF 1851, CHAPTER V. OBJECT AND USE OF THE EXPOSITION, CHAPTER VI. LIMITS, CHAPTER VII. SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING, CHAPTER VIII. PRICES, CHAPTER IX. PRIZES, CHAPTER X. JURIES, ETC., CHAPTER XI. ULTERIOR OBJECTS, CHAPTER XII. INTRIGUES OF SCIENCE, CHAPTER XIII. CALCULATING ENGINES, CHAPTER XIV. POSITION OF SCIENCE, CHAPTER XV. THE PRESS, CHAPTER XVI. PARTY, CHAPTER XVII. REWARDS OF MERIT, APPENDIX. THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF MR. WELD'S HISTORY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY