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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The following extract will give an idea of Newton's prodigious mental activity at an earlier period of his life . “ In the beginning of the year 1665 I found. 1 See Gerhardt , Mathem . Schriften Leibnitzens , I. p . 7 .
The following extract will give an idea of Newton's prodigious mental activity at an earlier period of his life . “ In the beginning of the year 1665 I found. 1 See Gerhardt , Mathem . Schriften Leibnitzens , I. p . 7 .
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The above extract has been given here on account of its intrinsic interest , although in writing it so many years after the events to which it relates , Newton appears to. 1 In 1666 Newton was in the 24th year of his age .
The above extract has been given here on account of its intrinsic interest , although in writing it so many years after the events to which it relates , Newton appears to. 1 In 1666 Newton was in the 24th year of his age .
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It may be interesting to give a few extracts from the Newton papers on some of the subjects which have been referred to in the above Preface . These relate to I. The form of the Solid of Least Resistance . Principia , Lib . II . Prop .
It may be interesting to give a few extracts from the Newton papers on some of the subjects which have been referred to in the above Preface . These relate to I. The form of the Solid of Least Resistance . Principia , Lib . II . Prop .
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Extracts by Newton From Hooke's Micrographia , From the History of the Royal Society , From the Philosophical Transactions . Notes of some Mines in Derbyshire and Cardiganshire . 2. Scraps and Extracts made by Newton , including two ...
Extracts by Newton From Hooke's Micrographia , From the History of the Royal Society , From the Philosophical Transactions . Notes of some Mines in Derbyshire and Cardiganshire . 2. Scraps and Extracts made by Newton , including two ...
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Extract from a letter of Leibnitz complaining of an attack on his “ bonne foi . " 25 . Bernouilli's problem in the Acta Eruditorum for Oct. 1698 . 26 . Historical Annotations on the Elogium of Leibnitz . " 27. Several drafts of letters ...
Extract from a letter of Leibnitz complaining of an attack on his “ bonne foi . " 25 . Bernouilli's problem in the Acta Eruditorum for Oct. 1698 . 26 . Historical Annotations on the Elogium of Leibnitz . " 27. Several drafts of letters ...
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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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