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Newton's final attempt to recast Principia Book II, Proposition X taking account of Bernoulli's critique, but leaving the basic form intact, c October 1712 (Preliminary draft before Add 3965.12: 192-193.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3965.10: 135-136

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Fonds:

Early drafts of the Principia and related notes; additions, corrections and revisions to the Principia. This is the 'general' category: papers relating specifically to lunar theory or containing mathematical problems are classified separately.

Dates

  • Creation: c October 1712 (Preliminary draft before Add 3965.12: 192-193.)

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.Sec10.135,r.tif Add.3965.Sec10.135,v.tif Add.3965.Sec10.136,r.tif Add.3965.Sec10.136,v.tif

Bibliography

M.P. VIII, I.6, p.354; p.355; Appendix 2, pp.404-410; Appendix 3, pp.415-419. Also discussed in I.B. Cohen, Introduction to Newton's Principia (Cambridge, 1971,) pp.107-108.

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