| Description | Asks whether the third volume of [? Chalmers' ] works can be borrowed for him, refuting as it does Hume's view of miracles; 'It is of little consequence who first discovers truth provided we have it'
2 July 1840
[Charles Babbage (1791-1871) mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer; best known for originating the concept of a digital programmable computer] |