Notes on fluid inertia and fusiform bodies, c 1710
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3965.10: 128-129
Scope and Contents
Possibly used in Newton's revision of Book II of Principia undertaken around 1710.
Dates
- Creation: c 1710
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.Sec10.128,r.tif Add.3965.Sec10.128,v.tif Add.3965.Sec10.129,r.tif Add.3965.Sec10.129,v.tif
Bibliography
Discussed, transcribed and translated in I.B. Cohen, "Introduction to Newton's Principia" (Cambridge, 1971,) pp.108-109, 322-326. Plate 9 is a photograph of f.128v.
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