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Excerpt from An Introduction to the Doctrine of Fluxions
The Method of Fluxiom was firft invented in the Years 166 5 and 1666, by that Prince of Mathematicians and Philofophers the late Sir [limo Newton, then Mr. Newton about 2 3 Years old It was (con after communicat ed to fame of his Friends; but, he gave no public Specimens thereof until the appearance of his immortal Pbilojbpbioe Naturalis Prin ajz'a Mathematica, printed in the Year 1 6 8 7 The celebrated German therefore, Mr. God fray William Leibnitz to whom it was hinted in 1 67 6, applied it in the 11474 Eruditorum, printed at Leipfic in 1 684, to a few Problems de Maxim's at Mim'mi: and Tangents to Curves, and claimed the Invention himfelf 1 Their Notations indeed are different. 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.
