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Raphson, Joseph, 1548-1715 (mathematician)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Copy by Sir Isaac Newton Newton of Leibnitz's letter to Pierre Rémond De Monmort, c 1716 (Original letter dated 9 April 1716)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3968.31: 445-459
Scope and Contents

Also a draft of Newton's 'Observations' printed in Joseph's Raphson, "History of Fluxions" (1715), p.111.

Dates: c 1716 (Original letter dated 9 April 1716)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
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Errata for Raphson's History of Fluxions, c 1710-c 1720

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3968.40: 593
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1710-c 1720
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
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Two printed copies of Newton's letter to the Abbe Conti, with remarks of Newton on the letter of Leibnitz to the Abbe Conti, August 1717

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4005.3: 1-16
Scope and Contents

These were shorts printed by Newton in London in Augut 1717 to be added to Raphson's "History of Fluxions" (after Leibniz's death). They were seen by Des Maizeaux, who then persuaded more letters out of Conti (early 1718). Bth were printed together in Tome 2 of "Recueil de diverses piéces par Mrs. Leibniz, Clarke, Newton, & autre autheurs celébres" (Amsterdam, 1720), pp.20., 82 & 107.

Dates: August 1717
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.

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