Modern History
The exposition of 1851
Charles Babbage · narrated by Moss
2026
8h 35m
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Charles Babbage, the computing pioneer, offers his acid reflections on the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the state of British science and industry. He mixes praise with pointed complaint about how his nation treated invention. A revealing document from the mind behind the analytical engine.
Inside this audiobook
20 chapters
- 1PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.15m
- 2CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.9m
- 3CHAPTER II. ERROR RESPECTING THE INTERCHANGE OF COMMODITIES.8m
- 4CHAPTER III. OF SOCIETIES.24m
- 5CHAPTER IV. ORIGIN OF THE EXPOSITION OF 1851.27m
- 6CHAPTER V. OBJECT AND USE OF THE EXPOSITION.9m
- 7CHAPTER VI. LIMITS.11m
- 8CHAPTER VII. SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING.13m
- 9CHAPTER VIII. PRICES.1h 1m
- 10CHAPTER IX. PRIZES.20m
- 11CHAPTER X. JURIES, ETC.22m
- 12CHAPTER XI. ULTERIOR OBJECTS.42m
- 13CHAPTER XII. INTRIGUES OF SCIENCE.42m
- 14CHAPTER XIII. CALCULATING ENGINES.27m
- 15CHAPTER XIV. POSITION OF SCIENCE.21m
- 16CHAPTER XV. THE PRESS.11m
- 17CHAPTER XVI. PARTY.19m
- 18CHAPTER XVII. REWARDS OF MERIT.52m
- 19Appendix.47m
- 20Chapter 2133m
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