Stirling, James, 1692-1770 (Scottish mathematician)
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Autograph letter signed from Colin Maclaurin on the dispute with Campbell, undated [probably 1729]
Item
Identifier: Coll-2911/2
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed from Colin Maclaurin to James Stirling, undated [probably 1729], on the dispute with George Campbell regarding impossible roots ("I send you with this letter my answer to Mr George Campbell which I publish with regret being so far from delighting in such a difference that I have the greatest dislike at a publick dispute of this Nature"), also mentioning a debt of six guineas to Abraham de Moivre.
Dates:
undated [probably 1729]