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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1st , the Lunar Theory , 2nd , the Theory of Atmospheric Refraction , and 3rd , the Determination of the Form of the Solid of Least Resistance . It is expressly stated by Newton himself that the Lunar Theory as given in his Principia is ...
1st , the Lunar Theory , 2nd , the Theory of Atmospheric Refraction , and 3rd , the Determination of the Form of the Solid of Least Resistance . It is expressly stated by Newton himself that the Lunar Theory as given in his Principia is ...
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Halley inserted in the Philosophical Transactions of 1721 a Table of Refractions by Newton , without giving any idea ... new and powerful analytical method the law of atmospheric refraction for rays in the neighbourhood of the horizon .
Halley inserted in the Philosophical Transactions of 1721 a Table of Refractions by Newton , without giving any idea ... new and powerful analytical method the law of atmospheric refraction for rays in the neighbourhood of the horizon .
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his theory of refraction by giving a theorem from which it is clear that Newton then understood how to form the differential equation to the path of a ray of light through our atmosphere . It is true that , for the sake of greater ...
his theory of refraction by giving a theorem from which it is clear that Newton then understood how to form the differential equation to the path of a ray of light through our atmosphere . It is true that , for the sake of greater ...
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portions of the path , and from these the actual refractions in passing over these portions are derived by making the total horizontal refraction equal to the amount given by observation . It should be remarked that the above ...
portions of the path , and from these the actual refractions in passing over these portions are derived by making the total horizontal refraction equal to the amount given by observation . It should be remarked that the above ...
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C. Mathematical Problems . 1. To find the True Anomaly from the Mean . 2. Fragment on the Solid of least resistance . 3. Atmospheric Refraction , with detailed calculation of the Refraction at the altitudes 0 ° ...
C. Mathematical Problems . 1. To find the True Anomaly from the Mean . 2. Fragment on the Solid of least resistance . 3. Atmospheric Refraction , with detailed calculation of the Refraction at the altitudes 0 ° ...
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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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