Works, Volume 3G. Bell and sons, 1898 |
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... by criticising Newton's doctrine of Fluxions as set forth in the " Principia " ( 1687 ) . The " Analyst " was published in London in 1734 , and was also issued in Dublin at the same time . ] THE ANALY S T ; OR , A DISCOURSE Addreffed.
... by criticising Newton's doctrine of Fluxions as set forth in the " Principia " ( 1687 ) . The " Analyst " was published in London in 1734 , and was also issued in Dublin at the same time . ] THE ANALY S T ; OR , A DISCOURSE Addreffed.
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... Fluxions the great object and employment of the profound geo- metricians in the present age What these fluxions.
... Fluxions the great object and employment of the profound geo- metricians in the present age What these fluxions.
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... Fluxions the great object and employment of the profound geo- metricians in the present age . What these fluxions are . 4. Moments or nascent increments of flowing quantities difficult to conceive . Fluxions of different orders . Second ...
... Fluxions the great object and employment of the profound geo- metricians in the present age . What these fluxions are . 4. Moments or nascent increments of flowing quantities difficult to conceive . Fluxions of different orders . Second ...
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... fluxions or of differences , neither good geometry nor good logic . Fluxions or velocities , why introduced . 31. Velocities not to be abstracted from time and space : nor their pro- portions to be investigated or considered exclusively ...
... fluxions or of differences , neither good geometry nor good logic . Fluxions or velocities , why introduced . 31. Velocities not to be abstracted from time and space : nor their pro- portions to be investigated or considered exclusively ...
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... Fluxions , second , third , fourth , & c . , what they are , how obtained , and how represented . What idea of velocity in a moment of time and point of space . 44. Fluxions of all orders inconceivable . 45. Signs or exponents ...
... Fluxions , second , third , fourth , & c . , what they are , how obtained , and how represented . What idea of velocity in a moment of time and point of space . 44. Fluxions of all orders inconceivable . 45. Signs or exponents ...
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