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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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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Additions and Corrections to the 2nd Edition of the Principia . 14. Observations and Calculations about Comets . 15. Draft of part of the Preface to the 1st Edition of the Principia . Not quite as printed , in part fuller . 16.
Additions and Corrections to the 2nd Edition of the Principia . 14. Observations and Calculations about Comets . 15. Draft of part of the Preface to the 1st Edition of the Principia . Not quite as printed , in part fuller . 16.
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Printed Title - page of the 1st Edition of the Commercium Epistolicum , with proposed additions to the Title of the 2nd Edition . 3. Notes on the Correspondence in Wallis's Works , Vol . 3 . 4. Notć ad Acta Eruditorum . 5.
Printed Title - page of the 1st Edition of the Commercium Epistolicum , with proposed additions to the Title of the 2nd Edition . 3. Notes on the Correspondence in Wallis's Works , Vol . 3 . 4. Notć ad Acta Eruditorum . 5.
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Proposed addition to the “ Remarks ” on Leibnitz's second Letter to the Abbé Conti — after Leibnitz's death . ( Des Maizeaux , Vol . 2 , pp . 82-106 . ) 30. Drafts of a letter to a friend of Leibnitz ( probably Chamberlayne ) ...
Proposed addition to the “ Remarks ” on Leibnitz's second Letter to the Abbé Conti — after Leibnitz's death . ( Des Maizeaux , Vol . 2 , pp . 82-106 . ) 30. Drafts of a letter to a friend of Leibnitz ( probably Chamberlayne ) ...
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Proposed addition to Newton's Opticks . On the Refraction observed in Iceland Spar , and Note “ to the Reader " relating to it . 9. Fragments on Opticks . 10. Optical experiments . 11. SECTION 1 . 9 MATHEMATICS .
Proposed addition to Newton's Opticks . On the Refraction observed in Iceland Spar , and Note “ to the Reader " relating to it . 9. Fragments on Opticks . 10. Optical experiments . 11. SECTION 1 . 9 MATHEMATICS .
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