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Page 35
... better understood than hitherto they seem to have been . The great author of the method of fluxions felt this difficulty , and therefore he gave in to those nice abstractions and geometrical metaphysics without which he saw nothing ...
... better understood than hitherto they seem to have been . The great author of the method of fluxions felt this difficulty , and therefore he gave in to those nice abstractions and geometrical metaphysics without which he saw nothing ...
Page 38
... better preserved , and the notion rendered more intelligible . 40. And indeed it should seem that in the way of obtain- ing the second or third fluxion of an equation the given fluxions were considered rather as increments than ...
... better preserved , and the notion rendered more intelligible . 40. And indeed it should seem that in the way of obtain- ing the second or third fluxion of an equation the given fluxions were considered rather as increments than ...
Page 43
... better than in deducing and laying to- gether my thoughts on so nice a subject . And though of late I have been called upon to make good my suggestions ; yet , as the person who made this call doth not appear to think maturely enough to ...
... better than in deducing and laying to- gether my thoughts on so nice a subject . And though of late I have been called upon to make good my suggestions ; yet , as the person who made this call doth not appear to think maturely enough to ...
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... better right be allowed of in Divine Faith than in human science ? Qu . 63. Whether such mathematicians as cry out against mysteries have ever examined their own principles ? Qu . 64. Whether mathematicians , who are so delicate in ...
... better right be allowed of in Divine Faith than in human science ? Qu . 63. Whether such mathematicians as cry out against mysteries have ever examined their own principles ? Qu . 64. Whether mathematicians , who are so delicate in ...
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... better . And , after all you have said or can say , I believe the un- prejudiced reader will think with me , that things obscure are not therefore sacred ; and that it is no more a crime to canvass and detect unsound principles or false ...
... better . And , after all you have said or can say , I believe the un- prejudiced reader will think with me , that things obscure are not therefore sacred ; and that it is no more a crime to canvass and detect unsound principles or false ...
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