Letter to Sir Isaac Newton, 1725, Oct. 25.

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Letter to Sir Isaac Newton, 1725, Oct. 25.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/502017595

In this letter, MacLaurin talks about a disagreement he is having with another mathematician over Newton's Principle 36 found in Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica. The letter was written from Edinburgh.

1 letter, 3 pages.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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