Stirling, James, 1692-1770 (Scottish mathematician)
Person
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Autograph letter signed from Colin Maclaurin recommending "an ingenious young man", April 1938
Item
Identifier: Coll-2911/8
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed by Colin Maclaurin addressed to James Stilring "at Lead Hills", dated April 1738, in Dean near Edinburgh, recommending "an ingenious young man here who I am very sure will please you" owing to his "natural turn for making mathematical instruments", with a postscript regarding the publication of De Moivre’s new book (presumably the second edition of The Doctrine of Chances) and mentioning centripetal forces.
Dates:
April 1938
Autograph letters from Colin Maclaurin to James Stirling
Fonds
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