Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

1. Dedication and Preface

   3:39

2. My Ancestors

   10:04

3. Childhood

   17:10

4. Boyhood

   13:49

5. Cambridge

   30:15

6. Difference Engine No. 1 Part 1

   28:06

7. Difference Engine No. 1 Part 2

   29:39

8. Statement relative to the Difference Engine, drawn up by the late Sir H. Nicolas from the Author’s Papers Part 1

   54:10

9. Difference Engine No. 2

   28:34

10. Of the Analytical Engine Part 1

    34:48

11. Of the Analytical Engine Part 2

    29:00

12. Of the Mechanical Notation

    9:25

13. The Exhibition of 1862

    38:14

14. The Late Prince Consort

    8:14

15. Recollections of the Duke of Wellington

    24:24

16. Recollections of Wollaston, Davy, and Rogers

    17:55

17. Recollections of Laplace, Biot, and Humboldt

    20:26

18. Experience by Water

    13:13

19. Experience by Fire

    25:16

20. Experience Amongst Workmen

    8:04

21. Picking Locks and Deciphering

    17:31

22. Experience in St. Giles’s

    16:35

23. Theatrical Experience

    15:06

24. Electioneering Experience

    29:50

25. Scene from a New After-Piece

    31:51

26. Experience at Courts

    10:46

27. Experience at Courts

    31:08

28. Railways

    38:51

29. Street Nuisances

    42:53

30. Wit

    16:11

31. Hints for Travellers

    29:18

32. Miracles

    22:31

33. Religion

    21:07

34. A Vision

    32:23

35. Various Reminiscences

    17:04

36. The Author’s Cont­ri­bu­tions to Human Knowledge

    22:30

37. The Author’s further Cont­ri­bu­tions to Human Knowledge Part 1

    32:00

38. The Author’s further Cont­ri­bu­tions to Human Knowledge Part 2

    31:57

39. Results of Science

    16:05

40. Agreeable Recollections

    8:02

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