ances ▁of ▁the ▁college ▁grew ▁expon entially . ▁Br attle ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁intellect ually ▁el ite ▁Royal ▁Society . ▁The ▁Royal ▁Society ▁was ▁a ▁new ▁group ▁of ▁scientific ▁think ers ▁that ▁pract iced ▁a ▁more ▁inten se ▁and ▁rational ▁thought ▁process . ▁This ▁group ▁grew ▁much ▁larger ▁in ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁century ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁head ed ▁by ▁Sir ▁Isaac ▁Newton . ▁Sir ▁Isaac ▁Newton ▁was ▁so ▁im pressed ▁with ▁Br attle ' s ▁work ▁that ▁he ▁planned ▁to ▁proc ure ▁his ▁papers ▁on ▁astronom y ▁and ▁math ▁after ▁Br attle ' s ▁death ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁benefit ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society . ▁In ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁obtain ▁them , ▁Newton ▁tried ▁to ▁make ▁his ▁brother , ▁William ▁Br attle , ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Society , ▁however ▁William ▁decl ined . ▁In ▁ 1 7 1 1 , ▁Br attle ▁attempted ▁to ▁use ▁a ▁mathematical ▁algorithm ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁end ▁small po x . ▁Although ▁he ▁failed , ▁it ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁that ▁Br attle ▁was ▁heavily ▁involved ▁in ▁education ▁and ▁scientific ▁discovery . ▁( K enn edy ) ▁Br attle ▁made ▁more ▁substantial ▁contributions ▁to ▁science ▁than ▁any ▁other ▁American ▁of ▁the ▁day . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁ ▁Thomas ▁Br attle ' s ▁ ▁mother ▁was ▁Elizabeth ▁Br attle ▁and ▁his ▁father ▁Captain ▁Thomas ▁Br attle , ▁who ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁Boston ' s ▁wealth y ▁mar itime ▁merchant . ▁He ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁four ▁children , ▁including ▁his ▁brother , ▁William ▁Br attle ▁( and ▁nep hew ▁William