Janus: The Portsmouth Collection

Manuscripts/MS Add.3958-4007 contains:
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MS Add.3962	On the Quadrature of Curves
MS Add.3963	Papers Relating to Geometry
MS Add.3964	Miscellaneous Mathematical Subjects
MS Add.3965	Papers Connected with the Principia (mostly holograph)
MS Add.3966	Papers Connected with the Principia on Lunar Theory
MS Add.3967	Papers Connected with the Principia - Mathematical Problems
MS Add.3968	Papers Relating to the dispute Respecting the Invention of Fluxions
MS Add.3969	Astronomy
MS Add.3970	Hydrostatics, Optics, Sound and Heat
MS Add.3971	Miscellaneous Copies of Letters and Papers
MS Add.3972	Papers on Finding the Longtitude at Sea
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Title	Papers Connected with the Principia - Mathematical Problems
Reference	MS Add.3967
Covering Dates	c 1700-c 1713

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Drafts intended for the second edition.

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Mathematics

Manuscripts/MS Add.3958-4007/MS Add.3967 contains:

Add.3967.1: 1-9

To find the True Anomaly from the Mean.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.9 [folio]; paper.

c 1700-c 1713

Add.3967.2: 10-12

Fragment on the Solid of Least Resistance.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.3 [folio]; paper; Fire-damaged..

c 1700-c 1713

Add.3967.3: 13-29

Atmospheric Refraction, with detailed calculation of the Refraction at the altitudes of 0, 3, 12 and 30 degrees.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.17 [folio]; paper.

c 1700-c 1713

Add.3967.4: 30-42

Altitudes by the Barometer.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.13 [folio]; paper.

c 1700-c 1713