L'HOPITAL (L'HOSPITAL) LE MARQUIS DE.

Solution d'un Probléme Physico-Mathematique.

(Paris, Jean Boudot, 1703). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1700". Pp. 9-21 and 1 folded engraved plate.

First appearance of a paper in mathematical physics in which L'Hospital - best known by his draft of the first treatise oof the differential calculus - in which he applies the new mathematical tool, the calculus to physics.

"L'Hospital was a major figure in the early development of the calculus on the continent of Europe. he advanced its cause not only by his scientific works but also by his many contacts, including correspondence with Leibniz, Jean Bernouilli, and with Huygens. Fontenelle tells us that it was he who introduced Huygens to the new calculus."(DSB).

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