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... sciences , while that of France was more of the nature of l'art pour l'art ; but any such distinction is easily ... science , Descartes presented the first published work on analytic geometry . Fermat wrote on the same subject but ...
... sciences , while that of France was more of the nature of l'art pour l'art ; but any such distinction is easily ... science , Descartes presented the first published work on analytic geometry . Fermat wrote on the same subject but ...
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... Sciences was richly endowed . Member- ship in the Academy of Sciences was limited , while elections to the Royal Society were on a liberal scale . Yet the Society served a distinctly useful purpose during the eighteenth century . The ...
... Sciences was richly endowed . Member- ship in the Academy of Sciences was limited , while elections to the Royal Society were on a liberal scale . Yet the Society served a distinctly useful purpose during the eighteenth century . The ...
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... science , " by a graduate of the University of Cambridge . An " advertisement " included in the front of this later ... Sciences ) that this Country can boast of , & c . , " Playfair's Collected Works , Vol . 4 , page 323 . " At the ...
... science , " by a graduate of the University of Cambridge . An " advertisement " included in the front of this later ... Sciences ) that this Country can boast of , & c . , " Playfair's Collected Works , Vol . 4 , page 323 . " At the ...
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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