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
- c 1690
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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relating to Centripetal Forces', Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, 23, 1892: 226-231; A.R. and M.B. Hall, Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton (Cambridge, 1962,) pp.13-14, 65-68.
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