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  1. Taylor to the Reverend Mr. Newcome, November 24, 1711, unpublished letter in the Library of St. John’s College, Cambridge

  2. Ibid.

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Feigenbaum, L. Happy tercentenary, Brook Taylor!. The Mathematical Intelligencer 8, 53–56 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03023922

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