Janus: Sir Isaac Newton: Notes on 'Principia', and related papers

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Sir Isaac Newton: Notes on 'Principia', and related papers

Title	Sir Isaac Newton: Notes on 'Principia', and related papers
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.2768.14
Creator	Newton, Sir Isaac, 1642-1727
Covering Dates	1713 (Circa)
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

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.

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).

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Sir Isaac Newton: Notes on 'Principia', and related papers, MS Add.2768.14

Index Terms

Astronomy

Meteorites

Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) Knight, natural philosopher and mathematician

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