Lectures and Correspondence of Professor Colin Maclaurin

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The Lectures and Correspondence of Professor Colin Maclaurin (GB 237 Coll-425) consist of:

  • Ane introduction to the Mathematicks, being notes of lectures, circa 1725
  • Letter to an unnamed correspondant, 1717, with an engraved portrait
  • Letters and microform of letters to Archibald Campbell of Knockbuy, 1725-1745
  • Memorial to the Commissioners of excise, 1735
  • A collection from Mr. McLaurin's course of experiments
  • A treatise of algebra and An introduction to the method of fluxions
  • A copy of the inscription on the tomb of Maclaurin in Greyfriars Churchyard
  • A photographic reproduction of a portrait of Maclaurin


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