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Page 53
... Motion , is as ye Square of ye Velocity , it is manifest that there is a Point C somewhere in ye Line BE where y ° Velocity of this body becomes equal to that with which yo other body enters ye Fluid at y point A , and therefore ye ...
... Motion , is as ye Square of ye Velocity , it is manifest that there is a Point C somewhere in ye Line BE where y ° Velocity of this body becomes equal to that with which yo other body enters ye Fluid at y point A , and therefore ye ...
Page 153
... Motion in ( or at ) a Point be so difficult to conceive , that Some have , even , gone so far as to dispute the very Existence of Motion , how much more perplexing must it be to form a Concep- tion , not only of the Velocity of a Motion ...
... Motion in ( or at ) a Point be so difficult to conceive , that Some have , even , gone so far as to dispute the very Existence of Motion , how much more perplexing must it be to form a Concep- tion , not only of the Velocity of a Motion ...
Page 188
... motion of the moon's apogee on which that objection had its whole weight and foundation , could not be truly accounted for , without supposing a change in the received law of gravitation from the inverse ratio of the squares of the dis ...
... motion of the moon's apogee on which that objection had its whole weight and foundation , could not be truly accounted for , without supposing a change in the received law of gravitation from the inverse ratio of the squares of the dis ...
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Abraham de Moivre Algebra Annuities and Reversions answer appeared Application of Fluxions Body Cajori concerning controversy correspondence Curve David Eugene Smith Dear Sir demonstrated Diary Doctrine of Annuities Doctrine of Fluxions Dodson edition eighteenth century Elements of Geometry England equations essay Fluent Francis Blake give given History of Mathematics Honoured Sir Humble Servant Hutton infinite interest John John Landen John Turner Ladies Landen later letter written London Lordship Maclaurin manner Martin Folkes mathe mathematicians Mathematicks matics method of fluxions Moivre Motion Muller nature Newton's method obliged orbit Orders of Fluxions paper plane printed problem proposed publication published pupils Quantity Robert Heath Robert Simson Royal Academy Royal Society says Sciences Second Master Simp solution suppose teach textbooks Theorem theory thing Thomas Simpson thought tion Treatise of Fluxions trigonometry uniform Space uniformly Velocity Woolwich writing written by Simpson