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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

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/9/21
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"
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"

Scope and Contents

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

  • Creation: c 1736

Creator

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

Extent

76 folio(s) (ff.76 [quarto] paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

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