MACLAURIN, Colin (1698-1746). A treatise of fluxions . Edinburgh: T.W. and T. Ruddimans, 1742. 2 volumes. 4 o (236 x 180 mm). 25 engraved folding plates (Vol. 1), 16 engraved folding plates (Vol. 2). Contemporary calf with gilt spines and red leather labels (some wear to joints). Provenance : Colonel George Callander of Craigforth (armorial bookplate); small blue and white library plates (Vol 1., upper cover; Vol. 2, lower cover). FIRST EDITION. "The earliest logical and systematic publication of the Newtonian methods" (DSB). Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh University, and both 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" (MacLaurin). 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. A LARGE FINE COPY. Norman 1408. (2)
MACLAURIN, Colin (1698-1746). A treatise of fluxions . Edinburgh: T.W. and T. Ruddimans, 1742. 2 volumes. 4 o (236 x 180 mm). 25 engraved folding plates (Vol. 1), 16 engraved folding plates (Vol. 2). Contemporary calf with gilt spines and red leather labels (some wear to joints). Provenance : Colonel George Callander of Craigforth (armorial bookplate); small blue and white library plates (Vol 1., upper cover; Vol. 2, lower cover). FIRST EDITION. "The earliest logical and systematic publication of the Newtonian methods" (DSB). Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh University, and both 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" (MacLaurin). 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. A LARGE FINE COPY. Norman 1408. (2)
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