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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... has found the motion of the moon's apogee , and he states some of the numerical results which he has obtained , but he does not give the calculations themselves , as he considers them too complicated and not sufficiently accurate .
... has found the motion of the moon's apogee , and he states some of the numerical results which he has obtained , but he does not give the calculations themselves , as he considers them too complicated and not sufficiently accurate .
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It is interesting to find among the papers on the Lunar Theory a good many containing Newton's calculations relating to the inequalities which are described in the above scholium . These papers are unfortunately very imperfect ...
It is interesting to find among the papers on the Lunar Theory a good many containing Newton's calculations relating to the inequalities which are described in the above scholium . These papers are unfortunately very imperfect ...
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Judging from Newton's account of the time which he employed in making these calculations , there must have been a considerable ... Fortunately , however , among the Portsmouth detailed calculation of the refraction corresponding to the ...
Judging from Newton's account of the time which he employed in making these calculations , there must have been a considerable ... Fortunately , however , among the Portsmouth detailed calculation of the refraction corresponding to the ...
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It should be remarked that the above calculation requires an approximate knowledge of the path of the ray , whereas this path is at first unknown , and cannot be accurately determined without a knowledge of the refraction itself .
It should be remarked that the above calculation requires an approximate knowledge of the path of the ray , whereas this path is at first unknown , and cannot be accurately determined without a knowledge of the refraction itself .
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Calculation of the Area of the Hyperbola . 5. On the Laws of Motion . On the Laws of Reflection . On Motion in a Cycloid . Problems in Geometrical Optics . ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS . ( Holograph . ) 1 . Observations N. 1 SECTION 1. ...
Calculation of the Area of the Hyperbola . 5. On the Laws of Motion . On the Laws of Reflection . On Motion in a Cycloid . Problems in Geometrical Optics . ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS . ( Holograph . ) 1 . Observations N. 1 SECTION 1. ...
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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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