Author:Brook Taylor

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Brook Taylor
(1685–1731)

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British mathematician; originator of "Taylor's Theorem". Secretary of the Royal Society (1714-18)

Works

Part of a Letter from Mr. Brook Taylor, F. R. S. to Dr. Hans Sloane R. S. Secr. Concerning the Ascent of Water between Two Glass Planes, Philosophical Transactions, 1710, 27, pp. 538-538
De Inventione Centri Oscillationis- Per Brook Taylor Armig. Regal. Societat. Sodal, Philosophical Transactions, 1713, 28, pp.11-21
De motu Nervi Tenst. Per Brook Taylor Armig. Regal. Societat. Sodal, Philosophical Transactions, 1713, 28, pp. 26-32
An Account of an Experiment Made by Dr. Brook Taylor Assisted by Mr. Hawkesbee, in Order to Discover the Law of the Magnetical Attraction}, Philosophical Transactions, 1714, 29, pp. 294-295 (co-authored with Mr. Hawkesbee)
Methodus Incrementorum Directa et Inversa (1715)
Linear Perspective (1715)
Apologia D. Brook Taylor, J V D. & R S. Soc. contra V. C J. Bernoullium, Math. Prof. Basileae, Philosophical Transactions, 1717, 30, pp.955-963
An Attempt towards the Improvement of the Method of Approximating, in the Extraction of the Roots of Equations in Numbers., Philosophical Transactions, 1717, 30, pp. 610-622
De Seriebus Infinitis Tractatus. Pars Prima. Auctore Petro Remundo de Monmort. R. S. S., Philosophical Transactions, 1717, 30, pp. 633-689 (co-authored with Petro Remundo de Monmort)
Solutio Problematis a Domno G. G. Leibnitio, Geometris Anglis Nuper Propositi. Per Brook Taylor, LL. D. & R. S. Secr., Philosophical Transactions, 1717, 30, pp. 695-701
New Principles of Linear Perspective (1719)
Extract of a Letter from Dr. Brook Taylor, F. R. S. to Sir Hans Sloan, Dated 25. June, 1714. Giving an Account of Some Experiments Relating to Magnetism, Philosophical Transactions, 1720, 31, pp.204-208
An Account of an Experiment, Made to Ascertain the Proportion of the Expansion of the Liquor in the Thermometer, with Regard to the Degrees of Heat, Philosophical Transactions, 1722, 32, p. 291
Contemplatio Philosophica (1793)

Works about Taylor

"Taylor, Brook," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 23) (1888)
"Taylor, Brook," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Taylor, Brook," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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