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MACLAURIN, Colin (1698-1746). A Treatise of Fluxions. Edinburgh: T.W. and T. Ruddimans, 1742.
2 volumes, 4o (240 x 182 mm). 25 engraved folding plates (vol. I), 16 engraved folding plates (vol. II). (Some occasional minor staining, small repair to the edge of 4A4 in vol. II not affecting text.) Modern calf, uncut.
FIRST EDITION. "The earliest logical and systematic publication of the Newtonian methods" (DSB). Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh University, and disciple and friend of Newton, MacLaurin hoped to silence critics of Newtonian methods, notably Bishop Berkeley of Cloyne, who in 1734 published The Analyst, which " ... had represented the Method of Fluxions as founded on false Reasoning, and full of Mysteries" (preface). MacLaurin provided a geometrical framework for the theory and for numerous other problems. His emphasis on Newtonian geometry was very influential, and diverted attention from the analytical methods being formulated on the Continent. Norman 1408. (2)
2 volumes, 4
FIRST EDITION. "The earliest logical and systematic publication of the Newtonian methods" (DSB). Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh University, and disciple and friend of Newton, MacLaurin hoped to silence critics of Newtonian methods, notably Bishop Berkeley of Cloyne, who in 1734 published The Analyst, which " ... had represented the Method of Fluxions as founded on false Reasoning, and full of Mysteries" (preface). MacLaurin provided a geometrical framework for the theory and for numerous other problems. His emphasis on Newtonian geometry was very influential, and diverted attention from the analytical methods being formulated on the Continent. Norman 1408. (2)