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A catalogue of the Portsmouth collection of books and papers written by or belonging to Sir Isaac Newton, the scientific portion of which has been presented by the Earl of Portsmouth to the University of Cambridge.
Title:
A catalogue of the Portsmouth collection of books and papers written by or belonging to Sir Isaac Newton, the scientific portion of which has been presented by the Earl of Portsmouth to the University of Cambridge.
Author:
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Cambridge : University press, 1888.
Physical Description:
xxx, 56 pages : diagrams ; 23 cm
General Note:
The catalogue "divides itself (excluding the correspondence) into the heads of mathematics, chemistry and alchemy, chronology, history and theology. Many of the mathematical papers contain Newton's preparations for the Principia".

Preface signed: H. R. Luard, G. G. Stokes, J. C. Adams, and G. D. Liveing. Appendix to the preface contains a few extracts from Newton's papers.
Language:
English
Format :
Book