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Miscellaneous additions and corrections to the first edition of Principia, c 1712

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3965.12: 179-189a

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 1712

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

12 folio(s) (ff.12 [folio] paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Existence and Location of Copies

Add.3965.Sec12.179,r.tif Add.3965.Sec12.179,v.tif Add.3965.Sec12.180,r.tif Add.3965.Sec12.180,v.tif Add.3965.Sec12.181,r.tif Add.3965.Sec12.181,v.tif Add.3965.Sec12.182,r.tif Add.3965.Sec12.182,v.tif Add.3965.Sec12.183,r.tif Add.3965.Sec12.183,v.tif Add.3965.Sec12.184,r.tif Add.3965.Sec12.184,v.tif Add.3965.Sec12.185,r.tif Add.3965.Sec12.186,r.tif Add.3965.Sec12.187,r.tif Add.3965.Sec12.188,r.tif Add.3965.Sec12.188,v.tif Add.3965.Sec12.189,r.tif Add.3965.Sec12.189,v.tif Add.3965.Sec12.189a,r.tif Add.3965.Sec12.189a,v.tif

Bibliography

ff.181-187 discussed and transcribed in M.P. VI, 3.1, pp.542-543; 546-557. f.181 discussed in Isaac Cohen, "Introduction to Newton's Principia" (Cambridge, 1971,) pp.170, 172.

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