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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These , however , are comparatively few , and not of much interest , with the exception of a short note from Newton's mother , written to him when a boy at College . Although till the present time the papers have never been thoroughly ...
These , however , are comparatively few , and not of much interest , with the exception of a short note from Newton's mother , written to him when a boy at College . Although till the present time the papers have never been thoroughly ...
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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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Newton's manuscripts on Alchemy are of very little interest in themselves . He seems to have made transcripts from a variety of authors , and , if we may judge by the number of praxes of their contents which he began and left unfinished ...
Newton's manuscripts on Alchemy are of very little interest in themselves . He seems to have made transcripts from a variety of authors , and , if we may judge by the number of praxes of their contents which he began and left unfinished ...
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14 , 1699 ( asking interest for his son at Trinity , with some chron . notes of Newton on the back ) . 22 . to Lady Norris , proposing marriage ( copy in Conduitt's hand ) , 1703—4 . Brewster , ii . 211 . 23.
14 , 1699 ( asking interest for his son at Trinity , with some chron . notes of Newton on the back ) . 22 . to Lady Norris , proposing marriage ( copy in Conduitt's hand ) , 1703—4 . Brewster , ii . 211 . 23.
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11. A MS . of Cicero de Senectute , about 1480 . Treatise in French , on the Infinite Divisibility of Matter . No name ; handwriting unknown . 13. Metaphysical Speculations on Astronomy . No name ; hand unknown ; of no interest . 14.
11. A MS . of Cicero de Senectute , about 1480 . Treatise in French , on the Infinite Divisibility of Matter . No name ; handwriting unknown . 13. Metaphysical Speculations on Astronomy . No name ; hand unknown ; of no interest . 14.
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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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