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Stirling, James, 1692-1770 (Scottish mathematician)

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Autograph letters from Colin Maclaurin to James Stirling

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Identifier: Coll-2911
Scope and Contents This collection consists of eleven letters from Scottish mathematician Colin Maclaurin addressed to his fellow mathematician James Stirling "at the Academy in Little Tower Street", London, or "at Leadhills". The correspondence is dated from 1728 to 1740, and discusses the 1728-9 controversy between Colin MacLaurin and George Campbell over complex roots, as well as other contemporary mathematical and scientific subjects. The letters Coll-2911/6, 7, 10 are annotated with mathematical...
Dates: 1728-1740
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections