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Dr. Pemberton, in the preface to his view of Sir Isaac Newton's Discoveries, makes mention of the circumstance, that Newton used to speak with regret of his mistake, at the beginning of his Mathe metical Studies, in having applied himself to the works of Descartes and other Algebraical writers, before he had considered the Elements of Euclid with the attention they deserve.
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- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 0282627715
- ISBN 13 9780282627713
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages439
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