Correspondence of Sir Isaac Newton and Professor Cotes : including letters of other eminent men, now first published from the originals in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge; together with an appendix containing other unpublished letters and papers by Newton; with notes, synoptical view of the philosopher's life, and a variety of details illustrative of his history, by J. Edleston.

  • Isaac Newton
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1850
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Credit: Correspondence of Sir Isaac Newton and Professor Cotes : including letters of other eminent men, now first published from the originals in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge; together with an appendix containing other unpublished letters and papers by Newton; with notes, synoptical view of the philosopher's life, and a variety of details illustrative of his history, by J. Edleston. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Octob. 1672. 269—277 4 De PhEenomenis—patebunt. Lect. 14 (84—90) 278—285 Notissimum—inferioris. Lect. 15 (90—96) 285—291 Superest—decrevi. Lect. 16 (9b—101) The MS. does not seem to be in Newton’s hand, except some cor- rections here and there, almost all the marginal notes, the diagrams and between 2 and 3 pages at the end. It was put into the hands of the Vice-Chancellor and delivered by him to Robert Peachy to he placed in the University Library, Octob. 21, 1674. LECTURES ON ARITHMETIC AND ALGEBRA. (MS. TJniv. Libr. Dd. 9. 68.) [The numbers on the left refer to the pages in the edition published by Whiston, Cantab. 1707.] Octob. 1673. Lect. 1 ( 1— 5) Lect. 2(5—8) 1—9 11—15 15—17 Computatio vel fit—in eadern ratione. De Additione—20 a3 Jaa — xx. 3 De Subductione J3 + — . 5 aa( 18—21 De Multiplication— is 22—25 De Divisione—homogeneas. 25—30 Quod si quantitas—sufficit. 31—34 De extraction Radicum—279- 34—37 Extractionem radicis—observandum est. 37—40 E simplicibus—radicibus. 41, 42, 51, 52* De Reduction 9bc. 61 53—55 Quod si divisor— — . /w X 55—57 De reduction Radicalium—et sic in aliis. 62—66’ De forma TEquationis— = x4. 66—68 Reg. 4—docere. 69—72 De duabus—linquo. 72—74 Exterminatio—x d/= 0. 74—76 Reg. 3—asymmetria. Lect. 3 ( 8—10) Lect. 4 (10—12) Lect. 5 (13—15) Lect. 6 (15—18) Lect. 7 (18—21) Octob. 1674. Lect. 1 (21—22) Lect. 2 (22—24) Lect. 3 (25—27) Lect. 4 (27—28) Lect. 5 (28—29) Lect. 6 (30—32) Lect. 7 (32—33) Lect. 8 (33—35) Lect. 9 (35—37) Lect. 10 (37—38) * The part De Inventione Divisorum—totam quantitatem, pp. 42—51, is taken from the end of the MS.