CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.I. • My Ancestors •1II. • Childhood •7III. • Boyhood •17IV. • Cambridge •25V. • Difference Engine No. 1 •41VI. • Statement relative to the Difference Engine, drawn up by the late Sir H. Nicolas from the Author’s Papers •68VII. • Difference Engine No. 2 •97VIII. • Of the Analytical Engine •112IX. • Of the Mechanical Notation •142X. • The Exhibition of 1862 •147XI. • The late Prince Consort •168XII. • Recollections of the Duke of Wellington •173XIII. • Recollections of Wollaston, Davy, and Rogers •186XIV. • Recollections of Laplace, Biot, and Humboldt •195XV. • Experience by Water •205XVI. • Experience by Fire •213XVII. • Experience amongst Workmen •228XVIII. • Picking Locks and Deciphering •233XIX. • Experience in St. Giles’s •242XX. • Theatrical Experience •251XXI. • Electioneering Experience •259XXII. • Scene from a New After-Piece •276XXIII. • Experience at Courts •292XXIV. • Experience at Courts •298XXV. • Railways •313XXVI. • Street Nuisances •337XXVII. • Wit •363XXVIII. • Hints for Travellers •371XXIX. • Miracles •387XXX. • Religion •396XXXI. • A Vision •406XXXII. • Various Reminiscences •421XXXIII. • The Author’s Cont­ri­bu­tions to Human Knowledge •430XXXIV. • The Author’s further Cont­ri­bu­tions to Human Knowledge •441XXXV. • Results of Science •473XXXVI. • Agreeable Recollections •482Appendix •487

I. • My Ancestors •1

II. • Childhood •7

III. • Boyhood •17

IV. • Cambridge •25

V. • Difference Engine No. 1 •41

VI. • Statement relative to the Difference Engine, drawn up by the late Sir H. Nicolas from the Author’s Papers •68

VII. • Difference Engine No. 2 •97

VIII. • Of the Analytical Engine •112

IX. • Of the Mechanical Notation •142

X. • The Exhibition of 1862 •147

XI. • The late Prince Consort •168

XII. • Recollections of the Duke of Wellington •173

XIII. • Recollections of Wollaston, Davy, and Rogers •186

XIV. • Recollections of Laplace, Biot, and Humboldt •195

XV. • Experience by Water •205

XVI. • Experience by Fire •213

XVII. • Experience amongst Workmen •228

XVIII. • Picking Locks and Deciphering •233

XIX. • Experience in St. Giles’s •242

XX. • Theatrical Experience •251

XXI. • Electioneering Experience •259

XXII. • Scene from a New After-Piece •276

XXIII. • Experience at Courts •292

XXIV. • Experience at Courts •298

XXV. • Railways •313

XXVI. • Street Nuisances •337

XXVII. • Wit •363

XXVIII. • Hints for Travellers •371

XXIX. • Miracles •387

XXX. • Religion •396

XXXI. • A Vision •406

XXXII. • Various Reminiscences •421

XXXIII. • The Author’s Cont­ri­bu­tions to Human Knowledge •430

XXXIV. • The Author’s further Cont­ri­bu­tions to Human Knowledge •441

XXXV. • Results of Science •473

XXXVI. • Agreeable Recollections •482

Appendix •487

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