| RefNo | MS/82/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Brook Taylor to [John] Machin, dated at Bifrons House, Kent |
| Date | 26 July 1712 |
| Description | Addressed 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] |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4pp. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Place origin | Bifrons House, Kent |
| Origin coordinates | 51.254626, 1.133369 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6093 | Taylor; Brook (1685 - 1731) | 1685 - 1731 |
| NA7786 | Machin; John (- 1751) | - 1751 |