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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... and does not give the method by which these results have been obtained . Unfortunately also , the statement given in the first edition , as to the result which a > he had found by theory for the motion of the PREFACE . xi.
... and does not give the method by which these results have been obtained . Unfortunately also , the statement given in the first edition , as to the result which a > he had found by theory for the motion of the PREFACE . xi.
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Kramp , in his Analyse des Réfractions , published in 1799 , investigates by a new and powerful analytical method the law of atmospheric refraction for rays in the neighbourhood of the horizon . On comparing his theoretical results with ...
Kramp , in his Analyse des Réfractions , published in 1799 , investigates by a new and powerful analytical method the law of atmospheric refraction for rays in the neighbourhood of the horizon . On comparing his theoretical results with ...
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In an interesting article in the Journal des Savants for 1836 , M. Biot directs particular attention to this subject , and tries to reproduce the method which Newton may be supposed to have employed in order to calculate his table of ...
In an interesting article in the Journal des Savants for 1836 , M. Biot directs particular attention to this subject , and tries to reproduce the method which Newton may be supposed to have employed in order to calculate his table of ...
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Newton solves the difficulty by an indirect method , making repeated approximations to the form of the path , and thus at length succeeding in satisfying all the required conditions . The papers show that the well - known approximate ...
Newton solves the difficulty by an indirect method , making repeated approximations to the form of the path , and thus at length succeeding in satisfying all the required conditions . The papers show that the well - known approximate ...
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... him of plagiarism , whereas he might have known from the correspondence that formerly took place between them , that Newton's method was in his possession long before he himself became acquainted with the Differential Calculus .
... him of plagiarism , whereas he might have known from the correspondence that formerly took place between them , that Newton's method was in his possession long before he himself became acquainted with the Differential Calculus .
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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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