The Life of Sir Isaac NewtonHarper & Bros., 1843 - 314 páginas |
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... was found among the pa- pers of David Gregory , Savilian Professor of As- tronomy at Oxford , and which throws some light on the history of the Principia . I have been indebted to many other friends for the 10 PREFACE .
... was found among the pa- pers of David Gregory , Savilian Professor of As- tronomy at Oxford , and which throws some light on the history of the Principia . I have been indebted to many other friends for the 10 PREFACE .
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... Principia appears in 1687- General Account of it , and of the Discoveries it contains - They meet with great Opposition , owing to the Prevalence of the Carte- sian System - Account of the Reception and Progress of the New- tonian ...
... Principia appears in 1687- General Account of it , and of the Discoveries it contains - They meet with great Opposition , owing to the Prevalence of the Carte- sian System - Account of the Reception and Progress of the New- tonian ...
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... Principia , edited by Cotes - His Conduct respecting Mr. Ditton's Method of finding the Longitude .... CHAPTER XV . Respect in which Newton was held at the Court of George I. - The Princess of Wales delighted with his Conversation ...
... Principia , edited by Cotes - His Conduct respecting Mr. Ditton's Method of finding the Longitude .... CHAPTER XV . Respect in which Newton was held at the Court of George I. - The Princess of Wales delighted with his Conversation ...
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... Principia - His first Attack of ill Health - His Recovery -He is taken ill in consequence of attending the Royal Society- His Death on the 20th March , 1727 - His Body lies in state - His Funeral - He is buried in Westminster Abbey ...
... Principia - His first Attack of ill Health - His Recovery -He is taken ill in consequence of attending the Royal Society- His Death on the 20th March , 1727 - His Body lies in state - His Funeral - He is buried in Westminster Abbey ...
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... Principia as pre - eminent above all the productions of human intellect , and has thus divested of extravagance the contemporary encomium upon its author , Nec fas est propius mortali attingere Divos . So near the gods - man cannot ...
... Principia as pre - eminent above all the productions of human intellect , and has thus divested of extravagance the contemporary encomium upon its author , Nec fas est propius mortali attingere Divos . So near the gods - man cannot ...
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