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A copy of Edmund Halley's account of the Principia given to King James II, c July 1687

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3965.20: 759-764

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 July 1687

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

6 folio(s) (ff.6 [folio] paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Existence and Location of Copies

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Bibliography

First published London 1687 and reprinted 'by demand' in Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 19. (1695 - 1697), pp. 445-457 as 'The true theory of the tides, as extracted from the admirable treatise of Mr Isaac Newton, intituled Philosopiae naturalis principia mathematica, being a discourse presented with that book to the late King James, by Mr Edmund Halley.' Discussed in Alan Cook, "Edmund Halley, Charting the Heavens and the Seas" (Oxford, 1998,) pp.166-168.

Repository Details

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