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Montmort, Pierre Rémond de, 1678-1719 (mathematician)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1678 - 1719

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Animadversions on Pierre Rémond de Monmort's letter to Nicholas Bernouilli (20 August 1713), c 1713 (Original letter dated 20 August 1713)

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3968.33: 465-472
Scope and Contents

Letter printed in the second edition of Monmort's "Analysis upon the play of Hazard" (Paris, 1713).

Dates: c 1713 (Original letter dated 20 August 1713)
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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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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Letter from Pierre Rémond de Montmort to William Jones, 16 January 1709

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/5/213
Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Dates: 16 January 1709
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/macclesfield/1