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Colson, John, 1680-1760 (mathematician and translator)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Artis Analytica Specimina; Matheseos Universalis Specimina; Geometria Analytica: Isaac Newton, c 1720 - c 1736 (The date Oct. 1666 appears on f.2.)

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/9/2
Scope and Contents This is a copy by Jones which, although not very accurate, is of considerable importance. It was the source for Colson's English translation of Newton's work on Fluxions, "The method of fluxions and infinite series; with its application to the geometry of curve-lines. By the inventor Sir Isaac Newton Translated from the author's Latin original not yet made publick. to which is subjoin'd, A perpetual comment upon the whole work, consisting of annotations, illustrations, and supplements in...
Dates: c 1720 - c 1736 (The date Oct. 1666 appears on f.2.)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Manuscript copy of "The Method of Fluxions and Infinite Series" (London, 1736,) John Colson's annotated translation of Isaac Newton's "De Methodis Fluxionum et Serierum Infinitorum", c 1736

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/9/21
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This translation was made from the transcript made by William Jones, which is also in the Macclesfield Collection (Add. 9597/9/2.) Colson added his own, "perpetual comment on the whole work consisting of annotations, illustrations and supplements."

Dates: c 1736
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.
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Papers of John Colson on Arithmetic, c 1700 - c 1760

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/5/3
Scope and Contents Bound in blue boards: f. 1 - Blank; ff.2-4 - Letter from John Colson to William Jones; f.5 - Blank; ff.6-9 - A Compendious Method for the Multiplication of large Numbers, especially Decimal Fractions and other Incompleat Numbers, and for continuing the Product to any number of places required. ff.10-15 - A Short Accoung of Negative-affirmative Arithmetick. ff.16-23 (different hand) - "Sect 1. The Introduction containing some general Inquirys into the nature of Arithmetick, its Several...
Dates: c 1700 - c 1760
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Please enquire at the Manuscripts Reading Room desk if you would like to view items from the Macclesfield Collection.