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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... a purely elliptic orbit 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
...
... a purely elliptic orbit 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
...
Page xix
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 bismuth will melt in
...
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 bismuth will melt in
...
Page 19
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 further
...
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 further
...
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The Scientific Portion of which Has Been Presented by the Earl of Portsmouth to
the University of Cambridge Sir Isaac Newton. as the most fusible an alloy of 5 of
lead + 7 of tin + 12 of bismuth . April 1693 and June 1693 , further experiments .
The Scientific Portion of which Has Been Presented by the Earl of Portsmouth to
the University of Cambridge Sir Isaac Newton. as the most fusible an alloy of 5 of
lead + 7 of tin + 12 of bismuth . April 1693 and June 1693 , further experiments .
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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 (
Brewster , ii ...
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 (
Brewster , ii ...
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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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