A fragment in which Fluxions are employed in finding the Centripetal force in an Orbit, c 1690
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3965.2: 5-6
Scope and Contents
Continued on Add. 3965.2: 4v.
Dates
- Creation: c 1690
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Extent
2 folio(s) (ff.2 [folio] paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
Add.3965.Sec2.f5,r.tif Add.3965.Sec2.f5,v.tif Add.3965.Sec2.f6,r.tif Add.3965.Sec2.f6,v.tif
Bibliography
Discussed, transcribed and [in the case of 5r] reproduced in facsimile M.P. VI, 3.2, pp.589-593; 596-599. See also W.W. Rouse Ball, 'A Newtonian Fragment relating to Centripetal Forces', Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, 23, 1892: 226-231; A.R. and M.B. Hall, Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton (Cambridge, 1962,) pp.13-14, 65-68.
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