Gottfried Wilhelm, Baron von Leibniz: portrait, and facsimile of letter to Sir Hans Sloane about the discovery of calculus. Process print.

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Gottfried Wilhelm, Baron von Leibniz: portrait, and facsimile of letter to Sir Hans Sloane about the discovery of calculus. Process print. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced January 2024 : Gottfried Wilhelm, Baron von Leibniz. Process print.

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Facsimile of a handwritten letter by Leibniz (British Library Sloane MS 4042) about the priority dispute with Isaac Newton over the invention of the calculus, 1711, with portrait of Leibniz below

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R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 1724.6 [hors-catalogue]

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Wellcome Collection 5506i

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