The Theatrical Census of Europe
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Statistics, Amusement, Mathematics, Machinery, Music |
Argues that England has so many actors that 'Mr. Babbage's calculating machine would certainly be brought to a stand-still, as effectually as though an Italian organ-grinder was standing away outside, if called upon to give an account of them all'. |
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