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 from Cotes to Newton on the 2nd edition of the ' Principia ' 37 X. Rough drafts of some of Newton's Letters to Cotes 38 XI . Letters of Keill to Newton 39 XII . Letters of Pemberton to Newton while editing the 3rd edition of the ...
Letters from Cotes to Newton on the 2nd edition of the ' Principia ' 37 X. Rough drafts of some of Newton's Letters to Cotes 38 XI . Letters of Keill to Newton 39 XII . Letters of Pemberton to Newton while editing the 3rd edition of the ...
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Drafts of Fragments of Conduitt's intended Life of Newton . 53 * SECTION XII . Letters and Memoranda relating to Newton after his death . 54 * SECTION XIII . Papers on Newton's family matters and on the Mint 55 * SECTION XIV .
Drafts of Fragments of Conduitt's intended Life of Newton . 53 * SECTION XII . Letters and Memoranda relating to Newton after his death . 54 * SECTION XIII . Papers on Newton's family matters and on the Mint 55 * SECTION XIV .
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Now among the Newton papers we have found the draft of a letter to a correspondent at Oxford , no doubt Professor David Gregory , in which Newton gives a clear explanation of his method , which is very simple and ingenious .
Now among the Newton papers we have found the draft of a letter to a correspondent at Oxford , no doubt Professor David Gregory , in which Newton gives a clear explanation of his method , which is very simple and ingenious .
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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 out very curiously in these papers ; thus there are six drafts of the scheme PREFACE . xix.
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 out very curiously in these papers ; thus there are six drafts of the scheme PREFACE . xix.
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papers ; thus there are six drafts of the scheme for founding the Royal Society , seven drafts of his remarks on the chronology published under his name at Paris ( which made him very angry ) , many of the Observations on the Prophecies ...
papers ; thus there are six drafts of the scheme for founding the Royal Society , seven drafts of his remarks on the chronology published under his name at Paris ( which made him very angry ) , many of the Observations on the Prophecies ...
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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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