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RefNoAP/29/2
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'A comparison of the first and second editions of the "Commercium Epistolicum D Johannis Collins et aliorum de analysi promota' by A [Augustus] de Morgan
CreatorMorgan; Augustus de (1806-1871); British mathematician; logician; Professor of Mathematics at University College London
Date23 November 1846
DescriptionDe Morgan presents a series of observations on a collection of correspondence highlighting a dispute between Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Isaac Newton over the invention of calculus, or the method of fluxions.

Marked on front as 'Returned to the author for some additions, at his request, and finally received Jan 11 1847 C R W' and ' 'Archives 20 Jan 1848 S H C [Samuel Hunter Christie]'.

Subject: Mathematics / Calculus

Received 14 November 1846 / 11 January 1847 / 14 January 1847.

A version of this paper was published by de Morgan in The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: Prof. De Morgan. 'On the additions made to the second edition of the Commercium Epistolicum.' The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, volume 32, number 217 (1848), pp. 446-456.
Extent14p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1080/14786444808646019
RelatedRecordMC/4/160
RR/1/5 7
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8450Leibniz; Gottfried Wilhelm von (1646 - 1716); mathematician and natural philosopher1646 - 1716
NA8414Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician1642 - 1727
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