Passages from the Life of a Philosopher · Character

Shift

Shift is a character in Passages from the Life of a Philosopher by Charles Babbage.

supporting

Also known as Shift, Shift Laughing

First appearance: 0040-xxii-scene-from-a-new-afterpiece-called-politics-and-poetry-or-the-decline-of-science

A character in Babbage's satirical play, a schemer.