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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... of small eccentricity would lead to practical inconvenience , and consequently Newton is led to modify that supposition . In the Principia he shows that if the moon's orbit be supposed to have no independent eccentricity , its form ...
... of small eccentricity would lead to practical inconvenience , and consequently Newton is led to modify that supposition . In the Principia he shows that if the moon's orbit be supposed to have no independent eccentricity , its form ...
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He mentions several easily fusible alloys of bismuth , tin and lead , and gives as the most fusible that which contains 5 parts of lead + 7 of tin + 12 of bismuth . He says that an alloy consisting of 2 parts of lead + 3 of tin + 4 of ...
He mentions several easily fusible alloys of bismuth , tin and lead , and gives as the most fusible that which contains 5 parts of lead + 7 of tin + 12 of bismuth . He says that an alloy consisting of 2 parts of lead + 3 of tin + 4 of ...
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113 , action of distilled liquor of antimony on salts of lead , iron and copper ; action of heat on tartarised antimony . p . 114 , action of spar on distilled liquor of antimony , vinegar , and aquafortis , and of salt from clay of ...
113 , action of distilled liquor of antimony on salts of lead , iron and copper ; action of heat on tartarised antimony . p . 114 , action of spar on distilled liquor of antimony , vinegar , and aquafortis , and of salt from clay of ...
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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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