Isaaci Newtoni opera quæ exstant omnia (v.4)
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Type of record: Book
Title: Isaaci Newtoni opera quæ exstant omnia (v.4)
Other titles: Opera quae exstant omnia
Classmark: Large Mathematics B-2 NEW
Creator(s): Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)
Additional creator(s): Horsley, Samuel (1733-1806) (Other)
Publisher: Excudebat Joannes Nichols
Publication city: Londini
Date(s): 1779-85
Language: Latin
Size and medium: 5 volumes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/211321
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010798719705181
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Contents: v. 1 (1779). I. Arithmetica universalis. II. Tractatus de rationibus primis ultimisque. III. Analysis per æquationes numero terminorum infinitas. IV. Excerpta quædam ex epistolis ad series fluxionesque pertinentia. V. Tractatus de quadratura curvarum. VI. Geometria analytica sive specimina artis analyticæ. VII. Methodus differentialis. VIII. Enumeratio linearum tertii ordinis. Editoris: 1. Logistica infinitorum. 2. De geometria fluxionum sive additamentum tractatus Newtoniani de Rationibus primis ultimisque -- v. 2 (1779). Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica: Principiorum libri priores duo, De motu corporum -- v. 3 (1782). I. Principiorum liber tertius, De systemate mundi. II. De mundi systemate. III. Theoria lunæ. IV. Lectiones opticae. Editoris: De viribus centralibus quæ rationem triplicatæ distantiarum a centro contrariam inter se constanter servant.
v. 4 (1782). I. Opticks. II. Letters on various subjects in natural philosophy, published from the originals in the archives of the Royal Society of London. I. Relating to reflecting telescopes. II. Relating to the theory of light and colours. III. Relating to the excitation of electricity in glass. III. Letter to Mr. Boyle, on the cause of gravitation. IIIa. De natura acidorum. IV. Tabulæ duæ, calorum altura, altera refractionum. V. De problematibus Bernoullianis. VI. Propositions for determining the motion of a body urged by two central forces. VII. Four letters to Dr. Bentley containing some arguments in proof of a deity. VIII. Commercium epistolicum. IX. Additamenta commercii epistolici ex historia fluxionum Raphsoni.
v. 5 (1785). I. The chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. II. A short chronicle from a ms. the property of the Rev. Dr. Ekins, dean of Carlisle. III. Observations upon the prophecies of Holy writ, particularly the prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John. IV. An historical account of two notable corruptions of Scripture. In a letter to a friend.
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