Re: [HM] Humphrey Ditton

sac22@cornell.edu
Tue, 27 Apr 1999 16:51:06 -0400 (EDT)

There is some interesting social/political information about Ditton in
Larry Stewart, The Rise of Public Science (1992).
shelley

On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Staffan Rodhe wrote:

> Dear members of the list,
> Can anyone tell me more about Humphrey Ditton (1675 - 1715)? I know that
> he published in 1706 a book "An Institution of Fluxions? Can anyone give
> more information about the book and how much it influenced other
> mathematicians during the beginning of the 18th century?
> Best greetings
> Staffan Rodhe
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