The memoria technica cipher
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2003
Abstract
A comprehensive analysis of the ciphers invented by Charles L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and how he used them indicate that his Memoria Technica (1875), a variant of a mnemonic scheme first proposed by Richard Grey in 1730, is properly viewed as Dodgson's fifth cipher system. He used his Memoria Technica cipher as a tool in work that was never published, a projected book whose working title was “Logarithms by Lightning: A Mathematical Curiosity.” The logarithms project, a joint work with his colleague, Robert Edward Baynes, is examined in detail. © 2003, United States Military Academy., All rights reserved.
Publication Title
Cryptologia
First Page Number
217
Last Page Number
229
DOI
10.1080/0161-110391891892
Recommended Citation
Abeles, Francine F., "The memoria technica cipher" (2003). Kean Publications. 2681.
https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/keanpublications/2681
