At 15:09 17/09/98 +0200, Prof. Dr. Ivo Schneider wrote:
>>> Dear Ubiratan,
>>>
>>> I do not have Jose Babini's History of Science in Argentina. So I cannot
>>> check in which sense Thomas Falkner, born in 1702, can be considered a
>>> student, "discipulo", of Newton. Falkner is not mentioned in the still
>>> most extensive Newton biography, Westfall's Never at Rest. Do you have
>>> any evidence of a personal contact between Falkner and Newton or of a
>>> confession of Falkner that he considered himself a Newtonian?
>>>
>>> With very best wishes
>>>
>>> Ivo
>>>
>>>
>> Dear Ivo.
>>
>> All that I have is the following.
>>
>> Babini mentions nothing about Newton in the 7 lines he deals with Falkner.
>>
>> My curiosity came from the following citation (my translation):
>>
>> "Falkner had been a disciple of Newton and established himself in 1730
>> in Argentina."
>> Inacio Strieder, A Filosofia Brasileira Pre-Academica no Contexto
>> Latino-Americano, Anais do V Congresso Brasileiro de Filosofia, 3-8
>> setembro 1995, Instituto Brasileiro de Filosofia, Sao Paulo; p.92.
>>
>> I will try to contact Prof. Strieder to check on the issue.
>>
>> Best regards, Ubi
>
> Dear Ubiratan,
>
> many thanks for your answer. If you do not mind, we could bring this
> private exchange to the attention of the whole list. So, if you agree
> you can send my question concerning Falkner and your answer to all on
> the list.
>
> Best regards
>
> Ivo