| Manuscripts/MS Add.9597/2 contains: |
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| 1 |
The First Extended Account of the Construction |
| 2 |
The Problems of Curves |
| 3 |
The Description of Conics and Cubics With a Double Point |
| 4 |
Researches into the General Properties of Curves |
| 5 |
De solutione planorum Problematum per regulam trium |
| 6 |
Matheseos Universalis Specimina |
| 7 |
De computo serierum |
| 8 |
Preliminary draft of 'De quadratura curvarum' |
| 9 |
A revised version 'De quadratura curvarum' |
| 10 |
Headings from 'De quadratura curvarum' |
| 11 |
Analysis and Synthesis: Newton's declaration of the manner of their application in the 'Principia' |
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The Macclesfield Collection
| Title |
Matheseos Universalis Specimina |
| Reference |
MS Add.9597/2/6 |
| Creator |
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician |
| Covering Dates |
c July 1684 |
| Extent and Medium |
ff.2 [folio]; paper |
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| Content and context |
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A preliminary draft of the introduction to and first chapter of 'Specimens of a Universal System of Mathematics.' Drafts of subsequent chapters are to be found in the Portsmouth Collection at Add.3964.3: 7r-20v.
The item was probably split up c.1709-1710 when William Jones was contemplating an edition of Newton's mathematical papers.
Black
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| Further information |
M.P. IV, III.2.1, pp.526-545. |
| Index Terms |
| Mathematics |
| Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) Knight, natural philosopher and mathematician |
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