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... English mathematicians sought to defend Newton's rights of priority to the discovery of the infinitesimal calculus , while the whole of Germany rose to sustain the claim of Leibniz to the same discovery . English readers became so ...
... English mathematicians sought to defend Newton's rights of priority to the discovery of the infinitesimal calculus , while the whole of Germany rose to sustain the claim of Leibniz to the same discovery . English readers became so ...
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... English writers developed a school of mathematics on lines radically different from those followed by continental scholars . It is important to observe that , during this period , English textbooks were almost the only ones in use in ...
... English writers developed a school of mathematics on lines radically different from those followed by continental scholars . It is important to observe that , during this period , English textbooks were almost the only ones in use in ...
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... English Baronets and Such Baronets of Scotland , as Are of English Families ; with Genealogical Tables ; and Engravings of Their Coats of Arms . . . . Printed by Burrell and Bransby , for Longman and Rees , and Robinsons , 1801-05 ...
... English Baronets and Such Baronets of Scotland , as Are of English Families ; with Genealogical Tables ; and Engravings of Their Coats of Arms . . . . Printed by Burrell and Bransby , for Longman and Rees , and Robinsons , 1801-05 ...
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