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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... of small eccentricity would lead to practical inconvenience , and consequently Newton is led to modify that supposition . In the Principia he shows that if the moon's orbit be supposed to have no independent eccentricity , its form ...
... of small eccentricity would lead to practical inconvenience , and consequently Newton is led to modify that supposition . In the Principia he shows that if the moon's orbit be supposed to have no independent eccentricity , its form ...
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He mentions several easily fusible alloys of bismuth , tin and lead , and 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 ...
He mentions several easily fusible alloys of bismuth , tin and lead , and 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 ...
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Alloying antimony with lead and other metals . ( No definite result of value . ) 2. Jan. 1679-80 . Subliming antimonial sublimate with lead antimoniate & c . Jan. 22. Action of nitric acid and salammoniac on antimony sulphide & c . and ...
Alloying antimony with lead and other metals . ( No definite result of value . ) 2. Jan. 1679-80 . Subliming antimonial sublimate with lead antimoniate & c . Jan. 22. Action of nitric acid and salammoniac on antimony sulphide & c . and ...
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as the most fusible an alloy of 5 of lead +7 of tin + 12 of bismuth . April 1693 and June 1693 , further experiments . 9. April 1695. Experiments with antimony and ores of iron , copper , and tin , and sublimations with salammoniac .
as the most fusible an alloy of 5 of lead +7 of tin + 12 of bismuth . April 1693 and June 1693 , further experiments . 9. April 1695. Experiments with antimony and ores of iron , copper , and tin , and sublimations with salammoniac .
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Some incomplete trials of the height at which a thermometer stands in several substances - melting wax , tin , lead , & c . on Mar. 10 , 1692-3 . An experiment for determining the expansion of air by heat , also that of linseed oil ...
Some incomplete trials of the height at which a thermometer stands in several substances - melting wax , tin , lead , & c . on Mar. 10 , 1692-3 . An experiment for determining the expansion of air by heat , also that of linseed oil ...
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