Two Sea Views
Anon
Genre: | Introduction, Drollery; Diary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Health, Medical Treatment, Mathematics |
Describes his trip to the seaside (with his companion) for the benefit of his health. The author's diary of his holiday reveals how his attempt to write a 'second essay on the Binomial Theorem' was rudely interrupted by several street musicians playing simultaneously—an allusion to Charles Babbage (115). | |
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