Bibliography of the works of Sir Isaac Newton : together with a list of books illustrating his life and works / with notes by George J. Gray.

George John Gray

Date:: 1888

Credit: Bibliography of the works of Sir Isaac Newton : together with a list of books illustrating his life and works / with notes by George J. Gray. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$* Wright, J. M. F. A Commentary on Newton's Principia. With a Supplementary Volume. 2 vols. roy. 8vo. 1828. [83 W[right], R. An Humble Address to the Commissioners appointed to judge of all performances relating to the Longitude; wherein it is demonstrated from Mr. Flam- steed's Observations, that by Sir I. Newton's theory of the Moon, as it is now freed from some errors of the press, the longitude may be found by land and sea, either night or day, when the Moon is visible, and in proper weather, within very few miles of certainty. 4to. London, 1728. [84 Young, Robert. Examination of the third and fourth defini- nitions of the first book of Sir L Newton's Principia, and of the three Axioms or Laws of Motion. 4to. 1787. [85 in. * Opticks, I or, a I Treatise | of the | Reflexions, Refractions, | In- flexions, and Colours | of | Light. | Also | Two Treatises | of the I Species and Magnitude | of | Curvilinear Figures. | London, | Printed for Sam. Smith, and Benj. Walford, | Printers to the Royal Society, at the Princes Arms in | St. Paul's Church-yard. MDCCIV. 14to. [86 Collation: Title, Advertisement, 2 11. +pp. [i]—[144] + [i]—[211]. Sigs. Title + A, A—S, Aa, Bb, Dd—Ddd in 4's Eee in 2. 19 plates. This is the first edition. Newton in the Advertisement says, Part of the ensuing Discourse about Light was written at the desire of some gentlemen of the Royal Society, in the year 1675, and then sent to their Secretary, and read at their meetings, and the rest was added about Twelve Years after to complete the Theoiy; except the Third Book and the last Proposition of the Second, which were since put together out of scattered papers. To avoid being engaged in Disputes about these matters, I have hitherto delayed the Printing, and should still have delayed it had not the importunity of Friends prevailed upon me. The Two Treatises attached to this edition are : 1. Enumeratio Linearum Tertii Ordinis. 2. Tractatus de Quadratura Curvarum. They were omitted from the other editions of the Opticks. It will be noticed that Newton did not attach his name to this edition, only the initials I. N. at the end of the Advertisement,$