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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Much is written out , as if prepared for the press , much apparently from the mere love of writing . 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 ...
Much is written out , as if prepared for the press , much apparently from the mere love of writing . 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 ...
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LIST OF PROPOSITIONS APPARENTLY INTENDED TO BE INSERTED IN A 2ND EDITION OF THE PRINCIPIA . In Theoria Lunae tractentur hae Propositiones . 5 PROP . XXVI . Aream orbis totius Lunaris in. 8 PROP . XXV . PROB . V. PAGE 434 , PRINCIP .
LIST OF PROPOSITIONS APPARENTLY INTENDED TO BE INSERTED IN A 2ND EDITION OF THE PRINCIPIA . In Theoria Lunae tractentur hae Propositiones . 5 PROP . XXVI . Aream orbis totius Lunaris in. 8 PROP . XXV . PROB . V. PAGE 434 , PRINCIP .
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... but apparently of his composition . Followed by an extract in his hand “ out of Mr Sympson's Division Violist . ” 2. Scrap relating to the velocity of sound ; also on the back a note on the proportionality of mass to weight . 3 .
... but apparently of his composition . Followed by an extract in his hand “ out of Mr Sympson's Division Violist . ” 2. Scrap relating to the velocity of sound ; also on the back a note on the proportionality of mass to weight . 3 .
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Extracts apparently from Van Helmont . On the 3rd page , last line but two , occurs “ Terra juxta parallelos rotunda est , juxta meridianos ovalis . Hallucinatur . ” 9. Notes chiefly from Philalethes on Ripley . 10.
Extracts apparently from Van Helmont . On the 3rd page , last line but two , occurs “ Terra juxta parallelos rotunda est , juxta meridianos ovalis . Hallucinatur . ” 9. Notes chiefly from Philalethes on Ripley . 10.
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... antimony and silver , apparently with a view to multiplication of the silver . 27. Alchemical receipts . 28. Receipts for medicines , ink , etc. 29. Table of contents of some work . 30. Part of a treatise , containing Lapidis ...
... antimony and silver , apparently with a view to multiplication of the silver . 27. Alchemical receipts . 28. Receipts for medicines , ink , etc. 29. Table of contents of some work . 30. Part of a treatise , containing Lapidis ...
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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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