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040 $aDLC$cCIN$dIXA$dOCL$dBRL
049 $aBRLL
099 $aAdams 83.12
100 1 $aNewton, Isaac,$cSir,$d1642-1727.
240 10 $aArtis analyticae specimina.$lEnglish
245 14 $aThe method of fluxions and infinite series :$bwith its application to the geometry of curve-lines /$cby the inventor Sir Isaac Newton ... ; translated from the author's Latin original not yet made publick. To which is subjoin'd, A perpetual comment upon the whole work, consisting of annotations, illustrations, and supplements, to make this treatise a compleat institution for the use of learners. By John Colson ...
246 3 $aTreatise on the method of fluxions and infinite series
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted by Henry Woodfall; and sold by John Nourse ...,$cMDCCXXXVI [1736]
300 $aiv, ix-xxiv, 339 [i.e. 343] p. :$bill., charts ;$c26 cm.
500 $aPaging irregular: [4] pages inserted between p. 338-339, two of which are the table of contents, labed p. 143-144, and one unnumbered errata leaf with an advertisment on the verso.
500 $aIncludes half t.p. following p. 140.
500 $aAn unfinished posthumous work, first published in the Latin original in v. 1 of the Opera omnia (Londini, J. Nichols, 1779-85) under title: Artis analyticae specimina, vel Geometria analytica. Another translation, without Colson's commentary, appeared London, 1737 as A treatise on the method of fluxions and infinite series.
500 $aThe commentary consists of annotations on the introduction, and on the first and second problems.
500 $aHead-pieces; tail-pieces; initials.
500 $aIncludes "A perpetual comment upon the foregoing treaties": p. [141]-339.
500 $aJohn Adams Library copy: significant annotations.$5BRL
500 $aJohn Adams Library copy: transcriptions of handwritten annotations available. $5BRL
510 4 $aESTC,$cT18629
510 4 $aGray, G.J. Newton,$c233
533 $aAlso available on microfilm.$bWoodbridge, CT :$cResearch Publications, Inc.,$d1983.$e1 reel ; 35mm.$f(The Eighteenth Century ; reel 341, no. 2).
533 $aAlso available on microopaque.$bNew York :$cReadex Microprint,$d1971.$e4 cards ; 23 x 15 cm.$f(Landmarks of Science).
590 $aJohn Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894.
650 0 $aMathematics$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aCalculus$vEarly works to 1800.
655 7 $aUntrimmed edges.$2rbbin
700 1 $aColson, John,$d1680-1760.
700 1 $aAdams, John,$d1735-1826,$eformer owner. $5BRL
710 2 $aJohn Adams Library (Boston Public Library) $5BRL
937 $aSciences.
955 $aR-B
994 $a02$bBRL