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Title	Fluxions
Reference	MS Add.9597/9
Covering Dates	c 1650-c 1750

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Calculus

Manuscripts/MS Add.9597/9 contains:

Newton's Fluxions.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.47 [octavo]; paper.

c 1710-c 1749

Artis Analytica Specimina; Matheseos Universalis Specimina; Geometria Analytica: Isaac Newton. 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 order to make this treatise a compleat institution for the use of learners" (London, 1736.).
Creator: Jones, William (1675-1749) mathematician.
ff.61 [octavo]; paper.

c 1720-c 1736

David Gregory's Fluxions.
ff.53 [quarto]; paper.

c 1700-c 1750

David Gregory's Fluxions.
ff.66 [large quarto]; paper.

c 1700-c 1750

Fluxions. Contents page in hand of William Jones.
ff.111 [quarto]; paper.

c 1700-c 1750

Analysis (Number 2.I).
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749.
ff.9 [octavo]; paper.

c 1700-c 1750

Analysis (Number 6).
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749.
ff.22 [octavo]; paper.

c 1700-c 1750

Analysis (Number 7).
ff.23 [octavo]; paper.

c 1700-c 1750

Analysis (Number 8).
ff.22 [octavo]; paper.

c 1700-c 1750

Analysis (Number 9).
ff.22 [octavo]; paper.

c 1700-c 1750

Of the Fluxions of Triangles.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.12 [quarto]; paper.

c 1710-c 1750

No. 1 Fluxions.
ff.10 [quarto]; paper.

c 1700-c 1750

No. 2 Fluxions.
ff.6 [quarto]; paper.

c 1700-c 1750

No. 3 Fluxions.
ff.16 [quarto]; paper.

c 1700-c 1750

Mercator of Differences.
Creator: Collins, John, 1626-1683, mathematician and scientific administrator.
ff.24 [quarto]; paper.

c 1650-c 1683

Construction of Equations. Note on inside front cover by William Jones reads: "A Copy of a piece of Sir Isaac Newton in John Collins' handwriting.".
Creator: Collins, John, 1626-1683, mathematician and scientific administrator.
ff.22 [quarto]; paper.

c 1670-c 1683

A Treatise of Fluxions.
ff.31 [quarto]; paper.

c 1680-c 1750

Dyalling to Fluxions.
ff.339 [quarto]; paper.

c 1700-c 1750

Of Fluxions. Several bundles of rough notes.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.107 [mixed]; paper.

c 1710-c 1749

The Doctrine of Maxima and Minima.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.17 [octavo]; paper.

c 1710-c 1749

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". 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.".
ff.76 [quarto]; paper.

c 1736