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 Cambridge |
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Page xviii
... found them answer pretty nearly . All this was in the two plague years of 1665
and 1666 ' , for in those days I was in the prime of my age for invention , and
minded Mathematicks and Philosophy more than at any time since . What Mr
Hugens ...
... found them answer pretty nearly . All this was in the two plague years of 1665
and 1666 ' , for in those days I was in the prime of my age for invention , and
minded Mathematicks and Philosophy more than at any time since . What Mr
Hugens ...
Page xxiii
I had answered your letter sooner but that I wanted time to examin this Theorem
and the Lem . 1 in the 3d Book . I do not see how to derive the resistance of the
air from the ascent of water . The reasoning which must be about it seems too ...
I had answered your letter sooner but that I wanted time to examin this Theorem
and the Lem . 1 in the 3d Book . I do not see how to derive the resistance of the
air from the ascent of water . The reasoning which must be about it seems too ...
Page 9
Answer to objections made to Newton ' s Optical Theories . Also a scrap with
memoranda about the Newtonian telescope . 6 . Scrap . Memorandum of
observations on the colours of thick plates . 7 . Fragments on Light and Heat . 8 .
Proposed ...
Answer to objections made to Newton ' s Optical Theories . Also a scrap with
memoranda about the Newtonian telescope . 6 . Scrap . Memorandum of
observations on the colours of thick plates . 7 . Fragments on Light and Heat . 8 .
Proposed ...
Page 26
The answer to some questions propounded by the Lord Chancellor at the
appearance of the Vice - chancellor and deputies of the Senate of the University
of Cambridge before the Lords Commissioners . May 7 , 1687 . ( 5 copies . ) 8 .
The answer to some questions propounded by the Lord Chancellor at the
appearance of the Vice - chancellor and deputies of the Senate of the University
of Cambridge before the Lords Commissioners . May 7 , 1687 . ( 5 copies . ) 8 .
Page 32
... draft of Newton ' s answer . » . Aug . 31 , 1676 . » » Sept . 9 , 1676 . Collins to
Wallis , no date . Copy of Newton ' s letters to Oldenburg , dated SECTION VI
LETTERS Correspondence with Oldenburg Correspondence with Collins and
Wallis.
... draft of Newton ' s answer . » . Aug . 31 , 1676 . » » Sept . 9 , 1676 . Collins to
Wallis , no date . Copy of Newton ' s letters to Oldenburg , dated SECTION VI
LETTERS Correspondence with Oldenburg Correspondence with Collins and
Wallis.
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| Title | 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 Cambridge |
| Author | Sir Isaac Newton |
| Publisher | University Press, 1888 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 56 pages |
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