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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Letters of Pemberton to Newton while editing the 3rd edition of the Principia ' . 6 * XIII . Letters of N. Facio Duillier to Newton and others * XIV . Miscellaneous Letters * XV . Copies of Newton's Letters , published in the ...
Letters of Pemberton to Newton while editing the 3rd edition of the Principia ' . 6 * XIII . Letters of N. Facio Duillier to Newton and others * XIV . Miscellaneous Letters * XV . Copies of Newton's Letters , published in the ...
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... all that relates to the revision of the Principia , has been published , there is little to be found beyond what has already appeared . The case is different , however , with respect to the papers referring to three subjects , viz .
... all that relates to the revision of the Principia , has been published , there is little to be found beyond what has already appeared . The case is different , however , with respect to the papers referring to three subjects , viz .
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Kramp , in his Analyse des Réfractions , published in 1799 , investigates by a new and powerful analytical method the law of atmospheric refraction for rays in the neighbourhood of the horizon . On comparing his theoretical results with ...
Kramp , in his Analyse des Réfractions , published in 1799 , investigates by a new and powerful analytical method the law of atmospheric refraction for rays in the neighbourhood of the horizon . On comparing his theoretical results with ...
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From a paper by Leibnitz , which has been published by Dr Gerhardt , it appears that the article in the Leipsic Acts , of which Newton complained , was really written by ...
From a paper by Leibnitz , which has been published by Dr Gerhardt , it appears that the article in the Leipsic Acts , of which Newton complained , was really written by ...
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What Mr Hugens has published since about centrifugal forces I suppose he had before me . At length in the winter between the years 1676 and 1677 I found the Proposition that by a centrifugal force reciprocally as the square of the ...
What Mr Hugens has published since about centrifugal forces I suppose he had before me . At length in the winter between the years 1676 and 1677 I found the Proposition that by a centrifugal force reciprocally as the square of the ...
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