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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It was again placed in the hands of Sir David Brewster , for his second and elaborate life of Newton in 1855 ; he made some use of the scattered mathematical notes and papers , and printed a considerable portion of the correspondence .
It was again placed in the hands of Sir David Brewster , for his second and elaborate life of Newton in 1855 ; he made some use of the scattered mathematical notes and papers , and printed a considerable portion of the correspondence .
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Thus in a passage , which has been quoted by Brewster ” , he states that he wrote the Principia in seventeen or eighteen months , beginning in the end of December 1684 , and sending it to the Royal Society in May 1686 , excepting that ...
Thus in a passage , which has been quoted by Brewster ” , he states that he wrote the Principia in seventeen or eighteen months , beginning in the end of December 1684 , and sending it to the Royal Society in May 1686 , excepting that ...
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Harris , according to Brewster , published from a copy in the Macclesfield Collection ; but the copy seems to have been identical with that in this book , except that a paragraph at the end is omitted . Brewster overlooked the paper in ...
Harris , according to Brewster , published from a copy in the Macclesfield Collection ; but the copy seems to have been identical with that in this book , except that a paragraph at the end is omitted . Brewster overlooked the paper in ...
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In addition to this a copy of Brewster's Life of Newton has been placed with the collection , in which the letters there given have been carefully collated with their originals ; so that practically the student of Newton's works has all ...
In addition to this a copy of Brewster's Life of Newton has been placed with the collection , in which the letters there given have been carefully collated with their originals ; so that practically the student of Newton's works has all ...
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( A fragment . ) 16 . Newton's Statement of the case in dispute between Leibnitz and himself . 17 . Draft ( holograph ) of Newton's Letter to the Editor of Memoirs of Literature , May , 1712 ( never published ) . ( See Brewster , ii .
( A fragment . ) 16 . Newton's Statement of the case in dispute between Leibnitz and himself . 17 . Draft ( holograph ) of Newton's Letter to the Editor of Memoirs of Literature , May , 1712 ( never published ) . ( See 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 | Isaac Newton |
| Publisher | University Press, 1888 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 16 Jan 2013 |
| Length | 56 pages |
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