A Catalogue of the Portsmouth Collection of Books and Papers Written by Or Belonging to Sir Isaac Newton: The Scientific Portion of which Has Been Presented by the Earl of Portsmouth to the University of CambridgeUniversity Press, 1888 - 56 pages |
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... various subjects in which he was interested , and of an extensive correspondence with English and Foreign mathematicians . These came immediately on his death into the possession of Mr Conduitt , who married Catharine Barton , Newton's ...
... various subjects in which he was interested , and of an extensive correspondence with English and Foreign mathematicians . These came immediately on his death into the possession of Mr Conduitt , who married Catharine Barton , Newton's ...
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... various persons since Newton's death . When that occurred ( in 1727 ) Dr Pellett was appointed by the executors to examine them and to select such as he deemed fit for publica- tion . A rough catalogue of the papers is appended to a ...
... various persons since Newton's death . When that occurred ( in 1727 ) Dr Pellett was appointed by the executors to examine them and to select such as he deemed fit for publica- tion . A rough catalogue of the papers is appended to a ...
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... various dates between 1678 and 1696. Some of these are quantitative . Those of most interest relate to alloys . He mentions several easily fusible alloys of bismuth , tin and lead , and gives as the most fusible that which contains 5 ...
... various dates between 1678 and 1696. Some of these are quantitative . Those of most interest relate to alloys . He mentions several easily fusible alloys of bismuth , tin and lead , and gives as the most fusible that which contains 5 ...
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... ( Various statements of the principal points of this Theory . ) 11. Propositions ' De motu nodorum Lunæ , ' prepared for the 3rd Edition of the Principia . 12. Motion of the Moon's Apogee . This consists of two Lemmas , prepared for press ...
... ( Various statements of the principal points of this Theory . ) 11. Propositions ' De motu nodorum Lunæ , ' prepared for the 3rd Edition of the Principia . 12. Motion of the Moon's Apogee . This consists of two Lemmas , prepared for press ...
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... various quarters , with a diagram of the annular eclipse of 1686 by E. de Louville ( Paris ) . 6 . Transits of Satellites of Jupiter and of their shadows across the disc of the planet , observed by Pound at Wanstead . 7. Table of ...
... various quarters , with a diagram of the annular eclipse of 1686 by E. de Louville ( Paris ) . 6 . Transits of Satellites of Jupiter and of their shadows across the disc of the planet , observed by Pound at Wanstead . 7. Table of ...
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