Introduction to the Quadrature of Curves by Isaac Newton 2026-10-24
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Introduction to the quadrature treatise appended to the 1704 Opticks. The linked text reproduces John Harris's 1710 English translation, edited by David R. Wilkins. Archive context: www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Newton/Quadratura/ . Cited opening account of generated quantities, fluxions and first ratios.
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On Quaternions, or on a new System of Imaginaries in Algebra by William Rowan Hamilton 2026-10-24
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Primary articles, transcribed and edited in 2000 by David R. Wilkins. Cited §§1–3 and §§10–11 for the units, associativity, distributivity and failure of commutativity. Original publication dates are listed in the editorial note.
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