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De motu corporum in mediis regulariter cedentibus, 1684

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3965.5a: 23-26

Scope and Contents

Written in the hand of Humphrey Newton and amended in the hand of Isaac Newton, this is an amplified version of the opening of Add. 3965.7: 40-54. It is revised further in Add. 3965.5: 21-22.

Dates

  • Creation: 1684

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

4 folio(s) (ff.4 [folio] paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Existence and Location of Copies

Add.3965.Sec5a.23,r.tif Add.3965.Sec5a.24,r.tif Add.3965.Sec5a.25,r.tif Add.3965.Sec5a.25,v.tif Add.3965.Sec5a.26,r.tif

Bibliography

M.P. VI, 1.2, Appendix I, pp.188-194. First published (with multiple errors) in J.W. Herivel, The Background to Newton's Principia (Oxford, 1966,) pp.304-317. See also I.B. Cohen, Intorduction to Newton's Principia (Cambridge, 1971,) pp.93-95.

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