Manuscripts/MS Add.3958-4007/MS Add.3963 contains:
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Add.3963.3: 13-26, 29-39	A Fragment on Porisms
Add.3963.4: 27-28	Analysis Geometrica
Add.3963.5: 40-41	Regula fratrum
Add.3963.6: 42-45	Fragment Relating to Curves
Add.3963.7: 46-61	Geometria curvilinea and Fluxions
Add.3963.8: 62-68	Scraps containing Propositions in Geometry
Add.3963.9: 69-106	Tract on the Construction of Equations
Add.3963.10: 107-108	On the Properties of Curves
Add.3963.11: 109-126	Geometriae
Add.3963.12: 127-152	De compositione locorum solidorum
Add.3963.13: 152-153	Solution problematis veterum de loco solido
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The Portsmouth Collection

Title	Scraps containing Propositions in Geometry
Reference	MS Add.3963.8: 62-68
Creator	Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician
Covering Dates	c 1665-c 1727
Extent and Medium	ff.7 [quarto]; paper

Content and context

a) To describe a Conic Section through five given points;

b) To describe a Conic Section passing through two points and touching three given straight lines.

See also Add. 3963.12: 127-152.

Index Terms

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

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