. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. November 3 of that year, contributedmuch to raise the character of that university as a school of science. In 1733 he married Anne,daughter of Mr. Walter Stewart, at that time so-licitor-general for Scotland, by whom he had sevenchildren. A controversy with Bishop Berkeleyled to the publication, in 1742, of his greatestwork, the Treatise on Fluxions, in 2 vols. 4to. In 1745, having been very active in makingplans, and superintending the operations neces-sary for the defen
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. November 3 of that year, contributedmuch to raise the character of that university as a school of science. In 1733 he married Anne,daughter of Mr. Walter Stewart, at that time so-licitor-general for Scotland, by whom he had sevenchildren. A controversy with Bishop Berkeleyled to the publication, in 1742, of his greatestwork, the Treatise on Fluxions, in 2 vols. 4to. In 1745, having been very active in makingplans, and superintending the operations neces-sary for the defence of the city of Edinburghagainst the Highland army, Mr. Maclaurin was,upon their entering the city, obliged to withdrawto the north of England, when he was invited bythe archbishop of York to reside with him. Onhis journey southward he had a fall from hishorse, and the fatigue, anxiety, and cold to whichhe was exposed on this occasion, laid the founda-tion of a dropsy, of which he died soon after hisreturn to Edinburgh, June 14, 1746. His por-trait, from an engraving in Smiths IconograpliiaScotica, is subjoined •. His works are: Geometra Organica. sive Descnptio Lineanim Curvarim,Universalis. Lond., 1720, 4to. The same, with the Life andWritings of the Author, by Pat. Murdoch. Lond., 1748, 4to. Piece qui a remporte le Prix de lAcadeniie Royalc desSciences propose pour lann^e mil sept cens vingt-quatre,selon la Foundatione fait par feu M. Rouille de Morlay, An-cien Conseiller au Parlement de Paris. Par. 1724. 4to. 4 OV/ MACLAURIN. 38 MACLEAN. A complete System of Fluxions; with their application tothe most considerable Problems in Geometry and NaturalPhilosophy. Edin. 1742, 2 vols. 4to. Account of Sir Isaac Newtons Philosophical Discoveries,published from his MS. papers; with an Account of the Lifeand Writings of the Author, by Pat. Murdoch. London,1748, 4to. Treatise of Algebra, in three Parts. To which is added,An Appendix concerning the General Properties of Geometri-cal
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