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The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise was published by the mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage in 1837 as a response to the eight Bridgewater Treatises that the Earl of Bridgewater, Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl, had funded. The Bridgewater Treatises were written by eight scientists and purported "to lend scientific support to belief in the ...
- Charles Babbage
- 1967
THE NINTH BRIDGEWATER TREATISE A FRAGMENT. BY CHARLES BABBAGE, ESQ. _____ "We may thus, with the greatest propriety, deny to the mechanical philosophers and mathematicians of recent times any authority with regard to their views of the administration of the universe; we have no reason whatever to expect from their speculations any help, when we ascend to the first cause and supreme ruler of
A set of the Bridgewater Treatises, rebound in leather, together with Charles Babbage's Ninth Bridgewater Treatise. The Bridgewater Treatises (1833–36) are a series of eight works that were written by leading scientific figures appointed by the President of the Royal Society in fulfilment of a bequest of £8000, made by Francis Henry Egerton ...
20 de jul. de 2011 · The ninth Bridgewater treatise; a fragment by Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871; Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871, (association)
It is so stated in the eighth Bridgewater Treatise, a work written by the Professor of Geology in the University of Oxford — himself holding an office of dignity in that Church, and expressly appointed to write upon that subject, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishop of London. 4thly.
He argues on the basis of reason and experience alone, drawing a parallel between his work on the calculating engine and God as the divine programmer of the universe. Eloquently written, and underpinned by mathematical arguments, The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise is a landmark work of natural theology. Customer reviews Not yet reviewed
Ninth Bridgewater Treatise (1837). As late as 1882 the political economist William Stanley t Editor's note. This essay was one of the joint winners in the Society's Singer Prize Competition. * Darwin College, Cambridge, CB3 9EU. The SDUK papers and Whewell papers are quoted with the kind permission of the Librarian of University
