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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Correspondence with Flamsteed V. Letters of Gregory to Newton VI . Letters from Halley to Newton on the first publication of the • Principia ' . VII . Letters of Halley to Newton about Comets ' Orbits * VIII .
Correspondence with Flamsteed V. Letters of Gregory to Newton VI . Letters from Halley to Newton on the first publication of the • Principia ' . VII . Letters of Halley to Newton about Comets ' Orbits * VIII .
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PAGE Correspondence , Articles of Agreement , & c . , about the publication of Flamsteed's Observations 51 * SECTION X. 1. Correspondence between Conduitt and Fontenelle about the Éloge II . Conduitt's Memoirs of Newton III .
PAGE Correspondence , Articles of Agreement , & c . , about the publication of Flamsteed's Observations 51 * SECTION X. 1. Correspondence between Conduitt and Fontenelle about the Éloge II . Conduitt's Memoirs of Newton III .
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Moreover a large portion of the collection has been grievously damaged by fire and damp . The correspondence , however , is in a very fair condition. 1 See Stukeley's Memoirs ( Surt . Soc . , 1887 ) iii . p . 15 . 1 Baily's Flamsteed p ...
Moreover a large portion of the collection has been grievously damaged by fire and damp . The correspondence , however , is in a very fair condition. 1 See Stukeley's Memoirs ( Surt . Soc . , 1887 ) iii . p . 15 . 1 Baily's Flamsteed p ...
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In a letter to Flamsteed , dated December 20th , 1694 ' , Newton tries to explain the foundation of a his theory of refraction by giving a theorem from which. 1 Baily's Flamsteed p . 145 . 1 See Gerhardt , Mathem .
In a letter to Flamsteed , dated December 20th , 1694 ' , Newton tries to explain the foundation of a his theory of refraction by giving a theorem from which. 1 Baily's Flamsteed p . 145 . 1 See Gerhardt , Mathem .
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It is true that , for the sake of greater simplicity in this communication to Flamsteed , Newton restricts the enunciation of his theorem to the particular case where the density decreases uniformly as the height increases , but it is ...
It is true that , for the sake of greater simplicity in this communication to Flamsteed , Newton restricts the enunciation of his theorem to the particular case where the density decreases uniformly as the height increases , but it is ...
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