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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The result stated in the scholium to the 1st Edition appears to have been found by a more complete and probably a much more complicated investigation than that contained in the extant MSS . The papers also contain a long list of ...
The result stated in the scholium to the 1st Edition appears to have been found by a more complete and probably a much more complicated investigation than that contained in the extant MSS . The papers also contain a long list of ...
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