Correspondence of Scientific Men of the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 1 of 2
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Excerpt from Correspondence of Scientific Men of the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 1 of 2: Including Letters of Barrow, Flamsteed, Wallis, and Newton, Printed From the Originals With this brief notice I must pass to that which more immediately concerns my execution of the task intrusted to me. In the first place it must be observed, that from the beginning the printers declared themselves unable to work from the originals. There were so many different hand-writings, so many various forms of spelling, different abbreviations, and distinct methods of notation, that it was found impossible for any one unacquainted with the general subjects of the letters to decipher, or reproduce them; and hence it became necessary to copy the whole correspondence And this was done by my father. There were advantages which flowed from the labour, troublesome as it was. Had the letters been at once printed from the originals, they must have been made copies of them in all the irregularity and quaintness of the spelling of the tine. It would have been vain to attempt to systematize, as one part followed another through the press; and yet, curious as the letters might have been in this form, it may well be doubted if any advantage could have resulted from adhering to inaccuracies,- while every convenience is gained by the simple introduction of one regular orthography. In this single respect they must not be taken as specimens of antiquity. The spelling has been modernized throughout. And if any additional reason were wanting, it would suffice to say, that it sometimes varies almost as much in the same, as it does in different individuals. 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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