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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 ...
- 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 ...
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)
The ninth Bridgewater treatise: a fragment. by. Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. Publication date. 1967. Topics. Natural theology. Publisher.
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries - The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise: A Fragment. By Charles Babbage. Second edition. 1837. London: F. Cass.1967. 90s. | The British Journal for the History of Science | Cambridge Core.
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
