Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton, Vol. 2 Nicolas Facio de Duillier attacks Leibnitz - Leibnitz appeals to Newton - He reviews Newton´s "Quadrature of Curves," and accuses him of Plagiarism - Newton´s opinion of the Review - Dr. Keill defends Newton as the true Inventor of Fluxions, and apparently retorts the charge of Plagiarism on Leibnitz, who complains to the Royal Society - Keill explains his Defence - The Royal Society approves of his Explanation - Leibnitz calls Keill an Upstart, and begs the Royal Society to silence him - The Society appoints a Committee to inquire into the Claims of Leibnitz and - Newton The Committee report to the Society, who publish the result in the "Commercium Epistolicum" - Instigated by Leibnitz, John Bernoulli attacks the Report, and asserts, in a private letter to Leibnitz, that he was the first Inventor of the new Calculus Leibnitz circulates this Letter in a Charta Volans, and gives up Bernoulli as the Author of it - Keill replies to this Letter, and attacks Bernoulli as its Author, who solemnly denies it to Newton - Leibnitz attacks Newton in a Letter to the Abbé Conti - Newton replies to it - The Controversy excites great interest - Leibnitz urges Bernoulli to make a Public Declaration in his favour - Bernoulli sends to Leibnitz the celebrated Letter "Pro Eminente Mathematico," en condition of his Name being kept secret - Leibnitz and Wolf alter this Letter improperly, and publish hit in such a form, that Bernoulli is proved to be its Author - Bernoulli is annoyed by the discovery, and endeavours, by improper means, to evade the truth - The Abbé Varignon reconciles Newton and Bernoulli - Death of Leibnitz Newton writes a History of the Calculus - General view of the Controversy, and of the conduct of the parties. Nicolas Facio de Duilliee, a Genevese by birth, came to England in the spring of 1687, and, with the exception of a visit to Switzerland in 1699, 1700, and 1701, remained there during the rest of his life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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