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The Portsmouth Collection
| Title |
Papers Connected with the Principia on Lunar Theory |
| Reference |
MS Add.3966 |
| Covering Dates |
1687–1727 |
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| Index Terms |
| Astronomy |
| Lunar Theory |
| Mathematics |
| Manuscripts/MS Add.3958-4007/MS Add.3966 contains: |
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Add.3966.1: 1-13
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Papers on the Lunar Theory found in an interleaved first edition Principia.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.14 [folio]; paper; Fire-damaged.. |
c 1700 |
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Add.3966.2: 14-23
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Propositions prepared to be used in the Lunar Theory.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.10 [folio]; paper; Badly fire-damaged/.. |
c 1700 |
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Add.3966.3: 24-27
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Fragments on Lunar Theory.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.4 [folio]; paper; Fire-damaged.. |
c 1700 |
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Add.3966.4: 28-35
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Propositions in the Lunar Theory. Found on loose sheets placed at the end of Newton's interleaved copy of the first edition of Principia. Probably intended to be employed in a second edition.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.8 [folio]; paper; Fire-damaged.. |
c 1700 |
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Add.3966.5: 37-38
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Note on law of change of the Moon's variation according to the change of Sun's distance. f.36 missing. Also a note on the mutual action of Jupiter and Saturn. Two propisitions are numbered nearly as in the 2nd edition.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.2 [folio]; paper. |
c 1700 |
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Add.3966.6: 39-40
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Fragments connected with points of the Lunar Theory.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.2 [mixed]; paper. |
c 1700 |
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Add.3966.7: 41-53
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On Change of the Variation in an Eccentric Orbit, and on the Motion of the Moon's Apogee.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.13 [folio]; paper. |
c 1700 |
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Add.3966.8: 54-58
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A List of Propositions in the Lunar Theory. Prepared for a 2nd Edition of the Principia but not used.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.5 [folio]; paper. |
c 1700 |
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Add.3966.9: 59-68
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Propositions relating to the Lunar Theory; Scholium. Scholium differs from that inserted in the second edition of Principia.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.8 [folio]; paper. |
c 1700 |
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Add.3966.10: 69-91
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On the Theory of the Moon. Various statements of the prinicpal points of this Theory.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.23 [folio]; paper. |
c 1700 |
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Add.3966.11: 92-101
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Motion of the Moon's Nodes. Prepared for the 3rd Edition of Principia.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.10 [mixed]; paper. |
c 1720 |
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Add.3966.12: 102-113
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Motion of the Moon's Apogee. Two lemmas, prepared for press;. Two propositions;. An earlier of the same two propositions;. An imperfect copy of one of these propositions, and a rough-draft of investigation of horary variation of Inclination.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.12 [folio]; paper. |
c 1720 |
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Add.3966.13: 114-141
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Calculations for Forming Lunar Tables.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.28 [folio]; paper. |
c 1665-c 1727 |
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Add.3966.14: 142-181
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Various Lunar Tables.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.41 [mostly folio]; paper. |
c 1665-c 1727 |
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Add.3966.15: 182-330
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Comparisons of Calculated Places of the Moon with Observations.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.149 [folio]; paper. |
c 1665-c 1727 |
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