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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 7
Page 1
Scraps and Extracts made by Newton , including two little notes on tangents and musical semi - tones . 3 . A tract in English written in 1666 , entitled " To resolve problems by Motion . ” Also short tracts entitled De Solutione ...
Scraps and Extracts made by Newton , including two little notes on tangents and musical semi - tones . 3 . A tract in English written in 1666 , entitled " To resolve problems by Motion . ” Also short tracts entitled De Solutione ...
Page 3
Scraps containing Propositions in Geometry ; viz . : ( a ) To describe a Conic Section through five given points ; and ( 6 ) To describe a Conic Section passing through two points and touching three given straight lines . 9.
Scraps containing Propositions in Geometry ; viz . : ( a ) To describe a Conic Section through five given points ; and ( 6 ) To describe a Conic Section passing through two points and touching three given straight lines . 9.
Page 4
Trans . 1716 . 7. Errata in Dr Barrow's Conicks and in his Archimedes , with a letter to Newton about the latter Errata . 8. Scraps of calculations . VIII . PAPERS CONNECTED WITH THE PRINCIPIA . ( Mostly Holograph . ) A. General . 1.
Trans . 1716 . 7. Errata in Dr Barrow's Conicks and in his Archimedes , with a letter to Newton about the latter Errata . 8. Scraps of calculations . VIII . PAPERS CONNECTED WITH THE PRINCIPIA . ( Mostly Holograph . ) A. General . 1.
Page 9
Scrap relating to the velocity of sound ; also on the back a note on the proportionality of mass to weight . 3 . Manuscript copy of Newton's Optical writings , and of controversies about them . 4 . Latin draft of the Opticks , Book I.
Scrap relating to the velocity of sound ; also on the back a note on the proportionality of mass to weight . 3 . Manuscript copy of Newton's Optical writings , and of controversies about them . 4 . Latin draft of the Opticks , Book I.
Page 31
... imperfect , with several copies of parts . The beginning ( containing the introduction ) is complete . 38 . Miscellaneous Theological notes and extracts . 39. Theologię Gentilis Origines Philosophicę . 40. Theological scraps .
... imperfect , with several copies of parts . The beginning ( containing the introduction ) is complete . 38 . Miscellaneous Theological notes and extracts . 39. Theologię Gentilis Origines Philosophicę . 40. Theological scraps .
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
1st Edition action alchemical alloys angulus answer antimony apogee apparently April authors beginning bismuth Boyle Brewster calculation Cambridge chapters chemical Chronology collection Collins Comet concerning Conduitt containing copy correspondence Curves Draft Edition Edleston English erit experiments extracts Flamsteed Fluxions Fontenelle fragment Geometry given giving Halley infinitely intended interest Invenire John July June Latin lead Leibnitz letter lines Lord Lunae Lunar Theory March Mathematical method MISCELLANEOUS motion motum motus Newton Newton's hand notes observations Oldenburg orbe orbit papers partly portion Portsmouth prepared Principia printed probably PROP proposed Propositions published quam ratione receipts recipe references refraction relating remarks resistance result Royal Scrap seems Sept spirit sublimate Table Terra tract treatise University Varignon various written
Bibliographic information
| 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 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |