The Development of Newtonian Calculus in Britain, 1700-1800 (Paperback)

Introduction; Overture: Newton's published work on the calculus of fluxions; Part I. The Early Period: 1. The diffusion of the calculus (1700?1730); 2. Developments in the calculus of fluxions (1714?1733); 3. The controversy on the foundations of the calculus (1734?1742); Part II. The Middle Period: 4. The textbooks on fluxions (1736?1758); 5. Some applications of the calculus (1740?1743); 6. The analytic art (1755?1785); Part III. The Reform: 7. Scotland (1785?1809); 8. The Military Schools (1773?1819); 9. Cambridge and Dublin (1790?1820); 10. Tables; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.