Excerpt from Correspondence of Scientific Men of the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 1 of 2: Including Letters of Barrow, Flamsteed, Wallis, and Newton, Printed From the Originals It will be known to most of those into whose hands these volumes will pass, that my father was engaged upon them at the time when he was suddenly taken from his labours. He had printed the first volume, and I therefore entered upon the work with the second, the first sheet of which had been once corrected, but not revised. The state of the materials which were left to me will be seen hereafier; but for the execution and correctness of the second volume I must be responsible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.