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calculus2
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Newton, Isaac, 1642-17279
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr Von, 1646-17163
Keill, John2
Keill, John (1671-1721)2
Maclaurin, Colin (1698-1746)2
Newton, Isaac2
Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)2
Royal Society (Great Britain)2
Voltaire (1694-1778)2
Barrow, Isaac1

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Exposition des découvertes philosophiques de M. le chevalier Newton

Maclaurin, Colin (1698-1746); Lavirotte, Louis-Anne (1725-1759)

1749

From the 1st English edition, 1748.

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Commercium epistolicum D. Johannis Collins, et aliorum, de analysi promota, jussu Societatis regiae in lucem editum: et jam unà cum ejusdem recensione praemissa, & judicio primarii, ut ferebatur, mathematici subjuncto, iterum impressum

Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Collins, John (1625-1683); Keill, John (1671-1721); Royal Society (Great Britain)

1722

For this second edition, "Ad lectorem"(p.l. [2-4]) and "Recensio libri" (p.[1]-59) were written by Sir Isaac Newton (both formerly ascribed to J. Keill). Newton was also responsible for the changes in...

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Elémens de la philosophie de Neuton : mis à la portée de tout le monde

Voltaire (1694-1778)

1738

Bound at the end is his "Supplement pour servir à l'édition des Elemens de Neuton" with separate title-page dated 1738 and pagination.

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A poem sacred to the memory of Sir Isaac Newton

Thomson, James (1700-1748)

1727

Signatures: A-D[sup]2. "Lately publish'd; by James Thomson. I. Winter, a poem. The 4th edition.... 2. Summer, a poem. ..."--t.p. The final page is blank.

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The life of Sir Isaac Newton : with an account of his writings

Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de (1657-1757)

1728

Caption title: The panegyrick of Sir Isaac Newton. Consists of the English translation and original French text (p. 1-23 at end) of: Éloge de M. Newton. Head-pieces and vignette on p. [1], p. 1 a...

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An account of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical discoveries : in four books

Maclaurin, Colin (1698-1746); Murdoch, Patrick (1774)

1748

Large paper first edition. "An account of the life and writings of the author": p. [i]-xx. P. 20 is wrongly numbered 21, and vice versa. Includes bibliographical references.

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La métaphysique de Neuton : ou parallèle des sentimens de Neuton et de Leibnitz

Voltaire (1694-1778); Voltaire (1694-1778)

1740

Written as a supplement to Voltaire's Elémens de la Philosophie de Neuton. Amsterdam, 1738.

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Viator, a poem: or, A journey from London to Scarborough by the way of York. With notes historical and topographical

Maude, Thomas (1718-1798)

1782

Appendix: Illustrations on the character of Sir Isaac Newton (xix p.) Anonymous, by Thomas Maude.

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Commercium epistolicum de varia re mathematica, inter celeberrimos praesentis seculi mathematicos

Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677); Keill, John (1671-1721); Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von (1646-1716); Royal Society (Great Britain)

1725

A compilation in support of Newton's claim to have preceded Leibniz as inventor of the calculus. Errors in paging: 145-176, 190, numbered 129-160, 109 respectively. "Ad lectorem"(p.l. [2-4]) and "...

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