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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IT T has been long known that Sir Isaac Newton left , at his death , a large mass of papers , consisting partly of copies of his works written out or corrected for the press , partly of notes relating to the various subjects in which he ...
IT T has been long known that Sir Isaac Newton left , at his death , a large mass of papers , consisting partly of copies of his works written out or corrected for the press , partly of notes relating to the various subjects in which he ...
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Although till the present time the papers have never been thoroughly examined , they have been looked at and partially used by various persons since Newton's death . When that occurred ( in 1727 ) Dr Pellett was appointed by the ...
Although till the present time the papers have never been thoroughly examined , they have been looked at and partially used by various persons since Newton's death . When that occurred ( in 1727 ) Dr Pellett was appointed by the ...
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In the second edition this short scholium is replaced by a long one , in which Newton states many of the principal results of the Lunar Theory , partly as found from theory alone and partly as deduced by combining his theory with ...
In the second edition this short scholium is replaced by a long one , in which Newton states many of the principal results of the Lunar Theory , partly as found from theory alone and partly as deduced by combining his theory with ...
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Chemical nomenclature of the Egyptians , and a praxis of alchemy extracted from various authors , with a duplicate folio partly cancelled . 22 . De mineralibus . Extracts from Geber and others . References and extracts ( one on the back ...
Chemical nomenclature of the Egyptians , and a praxis of alchemy extracted from various authors , with a duplicate folio partly cancelled . 22 . De mineralibus . Extracts from Geber and others . References and extracts ( one on the back ...
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... partly duplicates . 8. Two chapters apparently of another such treatise , headed “ Reductio et sublimatio ( 2 fol . ) , and “ Separatio elementorum ( 1 fol . ) compiled as before . 9. Recipes for cements . Address of 2 stampmakers .
... partly duplicates . 8. Two chapters apparently of another such treatise , headed “ Reductio et sublimatio ( 2 fol . ) , and “ Separatio elementorum ( 1 fol . ) compiled as before . 9. Recipes for cements . Address of 2 stampmakers .
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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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