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"I there represent that I sent notice of my method to Mr. Leibnitz before he sent notice of his metho..." — Isaac Newton
I there represent that I sent notice of my method to Mr. Leibnitz before he sent notice of his method to me, and left him to make it appear that he had found his method before the date of my letter.
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View AllIn the beginning of the year 1665, I found the method of approximating series and the rule for reducing any dignity of any binomial into such a series.— Isaac Newton
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