Sir Isaac Newton: Notes on 'Principia', and related papers
Scope and Contents
In Latin. fo. 1: tables on the motions of two comets, 1682-3. For the first, see Edmond Halley, Astronomical Tables, London, 1752. The printed table differs in some particulars from this copy. fo. 5: Newton: notes on the periods and distances of the satellites of Saturn, and of the planets. fo. 9: Newton: notes on Principia, p. 370, l. 28.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1713
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 collection
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Found between pp. 362 and 363, and between pp. 370 and 371, of CUL Adv.b.39.2, a second edition of the Principia (Cambridge, 1713).
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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