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Newton or Leibnitz inventing differential calculus: letters and papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL479

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Newton or Leibnitz inventing differential calculus: letters and papers

Date(s): 1861-1863

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 8 items

Name of creator(s): Morgan | Augustus | De | 1806-1871 | mathematician x De Morgan | Augustus
Dixon | William Hepworth | 1821-1879 | writer
Sloman | H | fl 1860-1863 | writer
Metcalfe | W | fl 1861-1863 | correspondent
Fanget | - | de | fl 1861-1863 | correspondent x de Fanget | -

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

This material was created by multiple individuals or institutions.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letters and papers relating to Gottfried von Leibnitz's claim to primacy over Sir Isaac Newton in the discovery of calculus. Including correspondence between H Sloman, William Hepworth Dixon (editor of The Athenaeum), W Metcalfe, Augustus De Morgan and a Mr de Fanget, 1861-1863. Many items are autograph and bear signatures.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: EnglishFrench

System of arrangement:

See hard copy catalogue.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

See archivist

Immediate source of acquisition:

Removed from a pocket at the rear of H Sloman The claim of Leibnitz to the invention of the differential calculus (1860) - classmark: ACL OPa Slo.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: July 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Calculus | Mathematical analysis | Mathematics

Personal names
Dixon | William Hepworth | 1821-1879 | writer
Leibnitz | Gottfried Wilhelm | 1646-1716 | German philosopher, mathematician and logician
Morgan | Augustus De | 1806-1871 | mathematician and historian x De Morgan | Augustus
Newton | Sir | Isaac | 1642-1727 | Knight | physicist and mathematician

Corporate names

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