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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These lemmas are carefully written out , as if in preparation for the press , and they were probably at first intended to form part of the Principia . Next follows the application of the lemmas to the particular case of the Moon ...
These lemmas are carefully written out , as if in preparation for the press , and they were probably at first intended to form part of the Principia . Next follows the application of the lemmas to the particular case of the Moon ...
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Much is written out , as if prepared for the press , much apparently from the mere love of writing . His power of writing a beautiful hand was evidently a snare to him . And his fastidiousness as to the expression of what he wrote comes ...
Much is written out , as if prepared for the press , much apparently from the mere love of writing . His power of writing a beautiful hand was evidently a snare to him . And his fastidiousness as to the expression of what he wrote comes ...
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... et hujusmodi rectae duae planum illud determinabunt . III . ON THE MOTION OF THE APOGEE IN AN ELLIPTIC ORBIT OF VERY SMALL ECCENTRICITY . From a somewhat mutilated MS . which seems to have been prepared for the press .
... et hujusmodi rectae duae planum illud determinabunt . III . ON THE MOTION OF THE APOGEE IN AN ELLIPTIC ORBIT OF VERY SMALL ECCENTRICITY . From a somewhat mutilated MS . which seems to have been prepared for the press .
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PAPERS CONNECTED WITH THE PRINCIPIA . B. Lunar Theory . 1. Papers on the Lunar Theory found in interleaved copy of 1st Edition of Principia ( damaged by fire ) . 2. Propositions prepared to be used in the Lunar Theory ( greatly damaged ...
PAPERS CONNECTED WITH THE PRINCIPIA . B. Lunar Theory . 1. Papers on the Lunar Theory found in interleaved copy of 1st Edition of Principia ( damaged by fire ) . 2. Propositions prepared to be used in the Lunar Theory ( greatly damaged ...
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Propositions De motu nodorum Lunæ , ' prepared for the 3rd Edition of the Principia . 6 12 . Motion of the Moon's Apogee . This consists of two Lemmas , prepared for press ; two Propositions , in duplicate ; and an imperfect copy of one ...
Propositions De motu nodorum Lunæ , ' prepared for the 3rd Edition of the Principia . 6 12 . Motion of the Moon's Apogee . This consists of two Lemmas , prepared for press ; two Propositions , in duplicate ; and an imperfect copy of one ...
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