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RefNoMS/82/2
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TitleLetter from Brook Taylor to [John] Machin; dated at Bifrons House, Kent
Date26 July 1712
DescriptionAddressed to Childs Coffeehouse in St Pauls Church Yard.
Inspired by a discussion with Machin at Childs Coffeehouse, Taylor provides a solution for [Johannes] Kepler's theorem [second law of planetary motion]. His solution is a generalization of [Edmund] Halley's extraction of roots of polynomial equations. Includes figures and equations.
[Clarification: This is the first mention of what will later be called Taylor's theorem or Taylor series and published in his Methodus incrementorum directa et inversa, 1715]
Extent4pp.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6093Taylor; Brook (1685 - 1731)1685 - 1731
NA7786Machin; John (- 1751) - 1751
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