[writing to Stirling in 1740] ... an unlucky accident happened to some of the French mathematicians in Peru. It seems that they were shewing French gallantry to the natives' wives, who have murdered their servants destroyed their instruments and burnt… — Colin Maclaurin Copy Share Image
ALGEBRA is a general Method of Computation by certain Signs and Symbols which have been contrived for this Purpose, and found convenient. — Colin Maclaurin Copy Share Image
It is not therefore the business of philosophy, in our present situation in the universe, to attempt to take in at once, in one… — Colin Maclaurin Copy Share Image
“Nature … has made it impossible for us to have any communication from this earth with the other great bodies of the universe,… — Colin Maclaurin Copy Share Image
[writing to Stirling in 1740] ... an unlucky accident happened to some of the French mathematicians in Peru. It seems that they were shewing… — Colin Maclaurin Copy Share Image
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