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Leibnitz's Mathematics

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I HOLD myself prepared to make good my own assertions, and to respond to Mr. A. B. Nelson's call as soon as I know whether Prof. Tait has abandoned his position, or, if not, what he has to say in justification of his proceeding in denying Leibnitz to be a mathematician and affirming him to be a thief.

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INGLEBY, C. Leibnitz's Mathematics. Nature 19, 267 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019267b0

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