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 xi
... and he states some of the numerical results which he has obtained , but he
does not give the calculations themselves , as he considers them too complicated
and not sufficiently accurate . In the second edition this short scholium is replaced
...
... and he states some of the numerical results which he has obtained , but he
does not give the calculations themselves , as he considers them too complicated
and not sufficiently accurate . In the second edition this short scholium is replaced
...
Page xii
These papers are unfortunately very imperfect , and they have greatly suffered
from fire and damp , but there is enough remaining to give a general idea of
Newton ' s mode of proceeding . The most interesting of these papers relate to
the ...
These papers are unfortunately very imperfect , and they have greatly suffered
from fire and damp , but there is enough remaining to give a general idea of
Newton ' s mode of proceeding . The most interesting of these papers relate to
the ...
Page xv
He there gives what is ... Now among the Newton papers we have found the draft
of a letter to a correspondent at Oxford , no doubt Professor David Gregory , in
which Newton gives a clear explanation of his method , which is very simple and
...
He there gives what is ... Now among the Newton papers we have found the draft
of a letter to a correspondent at Oxford , no doubt Professor David Gregory , in
which Newton gives a clear explanation of his method , which is very simple and
...
Page xvii
In some of these papers relating to the dispute with Leibnitz , Newton gives us
some interesting information respecting the ... The following extract will give an
idea of Newton ' s prodigious mental activity at an earlier period of his life . i See ...
In some of these papers relating to the dispute with Leibnitz , Newton gives us
some interesting information respecting the ... The following extract will give an
idea of Newton ' s prodigious mental activity at an earlier period of his life . i See ...
Page xix
He mentions several easily fusible alloys of bismuth , tin and lead , and gives as
the most fusible that which contains 5 parts of lead + 7 of tin + 12 of bismuth . He
says that an alloy consisting of 2 parts of lead + 3 of tin + 4 of bismuth will melt in
...
He mentions several easily fusible alloys of bismuth , tin and lead , and gives as
the most fusible that which contains 5 parts of lead + 7 of tin + 12 of bismuth . He
says that an alloy consisting of 2 parts of lead + 3 of tin + 4 of bismuth will melt in
...
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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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