Letter, from Colin MacLaurin to John Machin
Reference number: EL/M3/51
Date: 15 November 1732
Description
Account of Maclaurin's work on the description of curved lines with figures and theorems
Attached is a covering letter from Martin Folkes to John Machin enclosing Maclaurin's papers and letter.
- Reference number
- EL/M3/51
- Earliest possible date
- 15 November 1732
- Page extent
- 21 pages
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- Manuscript
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Colin MacLaurin, Colin Maclaurin, Letter, from Colin MacLaurin to John Machin, 15 November 1732, EL/M3/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m3_51/letter-from-colin-maclaurin-to-john-machin, accessed on 12 January 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Colin MacLaurin
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John Machin
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