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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Page xiii
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 propositions ...
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 propositions ...
Page xvi
... attributing to himself the invention of the new Calculus , contrary to the avowal
he had made in the Scholium in the 1st Edition of the Principia . From a paper by
Leibnitz , which has been published by Dr Gerhardt , it appears that the article in
...
... attributing to himself the invention of the new Calculus , contrary to the avowal
he had made in the Scholium in the 1st Edition of the Principia . From a paper by
Leibnitz , which has been published by Dr Gerhardt , it appears that the article in
...
Page xviii
The above extract has been given here on account of its intrinsic interest ,
although in writing it so many years after the events to which it relates , Newton
appears to. 1 In 1666 Newton was in the 24th year of his age . 2 Probably this
should be ...
The above extract has been given here on account of its intrinsic interest ,
although in writing it so many years after the events to which it relates , Newton
appears to. 1 In 1666 Newton was in the 24th year of his age . 2 Probably this
should be ...
Page xix
the events to which it relates , Newton appears to have made one or two mistakes
of date , and probably for this reason has drawn his pen through the entire
passage . Newton ' s manuscripts on Alchemy are of very little interest in
themselves .
the events to which it relates , Newton appears to have made one or two mistakes
of date , and probably for this reason has drawn his pen through the entire
passage . Newton ' s manuscripts on Alchemy are of very little interest in
themselves .
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A copy which appears to be pretty complete . A fragment on the same subject . 3 .
Scattered papers on the same subject , in great confusion 4 . Another fragment
on the same . 5 . Note on Quadrature of Curves , intended as a Supplement to ...
A copy which appears to be pretty complete . A fragment on the same subject . 3 .
Scattered papers on the same subject , in great confusion 4 . Another fragment
on the same . 5 . Note on Quadrature of Curves , intended as a Supplement to ...
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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 | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 29 Sep 2005 |
| Length | 56 pages |
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