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Copy of a letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to Collins, dated at Hanover

Reference number: EL/L5/99

Date: 21 June 1677

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Copied by Robert Hooke
Discussing Newton's method of tangents
Mathematical formulae and figures attached

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EL/L5/99
Earliest possible date
21 June 1677
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Copy of a letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to Collins, dated at Hanover, 21 June 1677, EL/L5/99, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_99/copy-of-a-letter-from-gottfried-wilhelm-leibniz-to-collins-dated-at-hanover, accessed on 18 January 2026

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