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 whole is too long to set down . The figure which feels the least resistance in the Schol . of Prop . xxxv . Lib . II . is demonstrable by these steps . 1. If upon BM be erected infinitely narrow parallelograms BGhb.
The whole is too long to set down . The figure which feels the least resistance in the Schol . of Prop . xxxv . Lib . II . is demonstrable by these steps . 1. If upon BM be erected infinitely narrow parallelograms BGhb.
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If upon BM be erected infinitely narrow parallelograms BGhb and M Nom and their distance Mb and altitudes MN , BG be Mm + Bb given , and the semi sum of their bases be also given and 2 Mm – B6 called s and their semi difference be ...
If upon BM be erected infinitely narrow parallelograms BGhb and M Nom and their distance Mb and altitudes MN , BG be Mm + Bb given , and the semi sum of their bases be also given and 2 Mm – B6 called s and their semi difference be ...
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... then the resistance of the two narrow annular surfaces generated by the revolution of the [ infinitely little lines nN ] and Gg is less then if the intermediate solid bgNM be removed [ along CB without altering Mb , until bg comes ...
... then the resistance of the two narrow annular surfaces generated by the revolution of the [ infinitely little lines nN ] and Gg is less then if the intermediate solid bgNM be removed [ along CB without altering Mb , until bg comes ...
Page xxviii
Est autem IK ad lk ut SK ad Pk , ideoque ( ob infinite parvam SF ) est IK infinite minor quam lk seu Ff , et propterea Ff perpendicularis est ad PK . Quare si jungatur Ef , anguli FEf & FPf , in segmento circuli per puncta P , E , F , f ...
Est autem IK ad lk ut SK ad Pk , ideoque ( ob infinite parvam SF ) est IK infinite minor quam lk seu Ff , et propterea Ff perpendicularis est ad PK . Quare si jungatur Ef , anguli FEf & FPf , in segmento circuli per puncta P , E , F , f ...
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Part of Newton's method of Fluxions and Infinite Series , with a fragment of the same treatise . ( Holograph . ) 4. Part of a Tract on Fluxions . 5. Some Propositions in Fluxions . [ “ I think this fragment very proper to be published .
Part of Newton's method of Fluxions and Infinite Series , with a fragment of the same treatise . ( Holograph . ) 4. Part of a Tract on Fluxions . 5. Some Propositions in Fluxions . [ “ I think this fragment very proper to be published .
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