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 xi
... give the calculations themselves , as he considers them too complicated and not sufficiently accurate . In the second edition this short scholium is replaced by a long one , in which Newton states many of the principal results of the ...
... give the calculations themselves , as he considers them too complicated and not sufficiently accurate . In the second edition this short scholium is replaced by a long one , in which Newton states many of the principal results of the ...
Page xii
... give a general idea of Newton's mode of proceeding . The most interesting of these papers relate to the motion of the moon's apogee . Two lemmas are first established which give the motion of the apogee in an elliptic orbit of very ...
... give a general idea of Newton's mode of proceeding . The most interesting of these papers relate to the motion of the moon's apogee . Two lemmas are first established which give the motion of the apogee in an elliptic orbit of very ...
Page xv
... gives what is equivalent to the differential equation to the curve by the revolution of which the above - named solid is generated , without explaining the method by which he has obtained it . Now among the Newton papers we have found ...
... gives what is equivalent to the differential equation to the curve by the revolution of which the above - named solid is generated , without explaining the method by which he has obtained it . Now among the Newton papers we have found ...
Page xvii
... gives us some interesting information respecting the times when several of his discoveries were made . Thus in a passage ... give an idea of Newton's pro- digious mental activity at an earlier period of his life . 1 See Gerhardt , Mathem ...
... gives us some interesting information respecting the times when several of his discoveries were made . Thus in a passage ... give an idea of Newton's pro- digious mental activity at an earlier period of his life . 1 See Gerhardt , Mathem ...
Page xix
... gives as the most fusible that which contains 5 parts of lead +7 of tin + 12 of bismuth . He says that an alloy consisting of 2 parts of lead + 3 of tin + 4 of bismuth will melt in the sun in summer . The alloy which goes by his name is ...
... gives as the most fusible that which contains 5 parts of lead +7 of tin + 12 of bismuth . He says that an alloy consisting of 2 parts of lead + 3 of tin + 4 of bismuth will melt in the sun in summer . The alloy which goes by his name is ...
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