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[3] It is said that, when working out this
final result, the probability of its confirming
that part of his theory which he had reluc-
tantly abandoned years before excited him
so keenly that he was forced to hand over
his calculations to a friend, to be completed
by him.
8. NEWTON’S SUCCESSORS–HALLEY,
EULER, LAGRANGE, LAPLACE, ETC.
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