Notable Works
Some of his important works are:
- Geometria Organica - 1720
- De Linearum Geometricarum Proprietatibus - 1720
- Treatise on Fluxions - 1742 (763 pages in two volumes. The first systematic exposition of Newton's methods.)
- Treatise on Algebra - 1748 (two years after his death.)
- Account of Newton's Discoveries - Incomplete upon his death and published in 1750 or 1748 (sources disagree)
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