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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This has proved a lengthy and laborious business , as many of the papers were found to be in great confusion - mathematical notes being often inserted in the middle of theological treatises , and even numbered leaves of MSS . having got ...
This has proved a lengthy and laborious business , as many of the papers were found to be in great confusion - mathematical notes being often inserted in the middle of theological treatises , and even numbered leaves of MSS . having got ...
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The four elaborately bound volumes , containing ' the Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended , ' the Chronicle to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander , Observations on the Prophecies , and the treatise “ De Mundi Systemate , ” are very ...
The four elaborately bound volumes , containing ' the Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended , ' the Chronicle to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander , Observations on the Prophecies , and the treatise “ De Mundi Systemate , ” are very ...
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Part of Newton's method of Fluxions and Infinite Series , with a fragment of the same treatise . ( Holograph . ) 4. Part of a Tract on Fluxions . 5. Some Propositions in Fluxions . [ “ I think this fragment very proper to be published .
Part of Newton's method of Fluxions and Infinite Series , with a fragment of the same treatise . ( Holograph . ) 4. Part of a Tract on Fluxions . 5. Some Propositions in Fluxions . [ “ I think this fragment very proper to be published .
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Part of a Treatise on Geometry ( in Latin ) . 12 . De Compositione Locorum Solidorum . 13. Solutio Problematis Veterum de Loco Solido . 14. Fragments relating to the writings of the Ancients in general , but especially to the Porisms of ...
Part of a Treatise on Geometry ( in Latin ) . 12 . De Compositione Locorum Solidorum . 13. Solutio Problematis Veterum de Loco Solido . 14. Fragments relating to the writings of the Ancients in general , but especially to the Porisms of ...
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... the disc of the planet , observed by Pound at Wanstead . 7 . Table of Declinations of every 5th degree of the Zodiac . XIII . HYDROSTATICS , OPTICS , SOUND , AND HEAT . 1. A treatise , with a table , on the Division of a Monochord .
... the disc of the planet , observed by Pound at Wanstead . 7 . Table of Declinations of every 5th degree of the Zodiac . XIII . HYDROSTATICS , OPTICS , SOUND , AND HEAT . 1. A treatise , with a table , on the Division of a Monochord .
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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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