Titlebook: MacLaurin‘s Physical Dissertations; Ian Tweddle Book 2007 Springer-Verlag London 2007 Colin MacLaurin.Collisions.Figure of the Earth.Tides

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General IntroductionThe main purpose of the present volume is to discuss, and to make generally accessible, three dissertations1 by the Scottish mathematician Colin MacLaurin (1698–1746), who was regarded both in Britain and in continental Europe as one of the leading mathematicians of his time.

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2196-8810 rin‘s dissertation on gravity is provided in an appendix.Inc.The Scottish mathematician Colin MacLaurin (1698-1746) is best known for developing and extending Newton’s work in calculus, geometry and gravitation; his 2-volume work "Treatise of Fluxions" (1742) was the first systematic exposition of N

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Introduction to Part III. (1739–1742) [86] as illustrations of the Newtonian philosophy. Newton had already discussed in its earlier editions the tidal forces on the Earth which resulted from the gravitational attraction of the Sun and of the Moon; his work was of course the starting point for MacLaurin’s investigations.

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Introduction to Part I]. As part of the requirements for this degree he presented and defended in public his dissertation, ., which is the first item in this book. As far as I have been able to ascertain, candidates were not required to submit their work in printed form. It is likely therefore that MacLaurin had his diss