Essays on the life and work of Newton / by Augustus De Morgan, edited, with notes and appendices by Philip E. B. Jourdain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Morgan, Augustus, 1806-1871.

Contributor:

Jourdain, Philip E. B. (Philip Edward Bertrand), 1879-1919, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.

Newton, Isaac.

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm.

Brewster, David, 1781-1868. Memoirs of the life of Sir Isaac Newton.

Brewster, David.

Physical Description:

xiii, 198 pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : Open Court Publishing Company, 1914.

Contents:

1. Newton (Appeared in the Cabinet portrait gallery of British worthies. 1846)

2. A short account of some recent discoveries in England and Germany relating to the controversy on the invention of fluxions (From the Companion to the almanac. 1852) Appendix on the manuscripts and publications of Newton and Leibniz.

3. Review of Brewster's Memoirs of the life, writings, and discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton (From the North British review. 1855.) Appendix 1. De Morgan's view of Leibniz's character. Appendix 2. Note by De Morgan on the character of Newton and on the actions of the Royal Society, written in 1858.

Notes:

Photocopy. Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Library, Photoduplication Dept., 1990. 28 cm.