Proposed corrections to Principia, probably suggested by Edmund Halley, c 1686
Scope and Contents
Isaac Cohen uses these folios as evidence for a lost three book draft of Principia, from which Humphrey Newton copied the version eventually sent via Halley to the Royal Society for printing (Beth HannantCohen, pp.336-344.) He also discusses the probability of Halley's authorship (pp.124-127.) On f.96v Newton himself has roughly drafted some additions and corrections to the scholium to proposition 31 of De Motu Corporum (see M.P. VI, I.3, Appendix 2, pp.413-422.)
Dates
- Creation: c 1686
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
7 folio(s) (ff.7 [folio] paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
Add.3965.Sec9.94,r.tif Add.3965.Sec9.95,r.tif Add.3965.Sec9.95,v.tif Add.3965.Sec9.96,r.tif Add.3965.Sec9.96,v.tif Add.3965.Sec9.97,r.tif Add.3965.Sec9.98,r.tif Add.3965.Sec9.99,r.tif
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