Geometria organica: sive descriptio linearum curvarum universalis

by MACLAURIN, Colin

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First edition

London: for William and John Innys, 1720. First edition. First edition, very rare in commerce, of Maclaurin's first book, dedicated to Newton and bearing his imprimatur as president of the Royal Society; this is a presentation copy, inscribed by Maclaurin. Maclaurin is best known for his Treatise of Fluxions (1742), "the earliest logical and systematic publication of the Newtonian methods" (DSB). The present work is a further development of Newton's Enumeratio Linearum Curvarum Tertii Ordinis (1704), and of his organic description of conics in the Principia (1687).. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY. First edition, very rare in commerce, of Maclaurin's first book, dedicated to Newton and bearing his imprimatur as president of the Royal Society; this is a presentation copy, inscribed by Maclaurin. Maclaurin is best known for his Treatise of Fluxions (1742), "the earliest logical and systematic publication of the Newtonian methods. It stood as a model of rigor until the appearance of Cauchy's Cours d'Analyse in 1821" (DSB). "In 1719 Maclaurin (1698-1746) visited London, where he was well received in the scientific circles of the capital and where he met Newton. On a second visit he met and formed a lasting friendship with Martin Folkes, who became president of the Royal Society in 1741, Maclaurin was meanwhile actively working on his Geometrica organica, which was published in 1720 with Newton's imprimatur. Geometrica organica, sive descriptio linearum curvarum universalis dealt with

• Publisher: for William and John Innys
• Year: 1720
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: unknown

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