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Newton's Principia — Isaac Newton

Newton's Principia

Isaac Newton

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 675 pages

Newton's Principia is a foundational work of mathematical physics, presenting laws of motion and universal gravitation through geometric proofs. It explains how bodies move under forces and how celestial and terrestrial motions obey the same principles. Listeners interested in the history of science will find it rewarding despite its demanding style.

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Opening of the book

NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA.

THE

MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLES

OF

NATURAL PHILOSOPHY,

BY SIR ISAAC NEWTON;

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY ANDREW MOTTE.

TO WHICH IS ADDED

NEWTON'S SYSTEM OF THE WORLD;

With a Portrait taken from the Bust in the Royal Observatory at

Greenwich.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, CAREFULLY REVISED AND

CORRECTED,

WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, BY N. W. CHITTENDEN, M. A., &c.

NEW-YORK

PUBLISHED BY DANIEL ADEE, 45 LIBERTY STREET.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by

DANIEL ADEE.

In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District Court of New-York.

Turney & Lockwood's Stereo.

16 Spruce St. N. Y.

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Contents

  1. THE MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY,
  2. DEDICATION.
  3. INTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.
  4. LIFE OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON.
  5. THE PRINCIPIA.
  6. THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE
  7. BOOK I.
  8. THE MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
  9. DEFINITIONS.
  10. AXIOMS, OR LAWS OF MOTION.
  11. BOOK I. OF THE MOTION OF BODIES.
  12. SECTION VIII.
  13. BOOK II.
  14. BOOK II.
  15. BOOK III.
  16. BOOK III.
  17. RULES OF REASONING IN PHILOSOPHY.
  18. PHÆNOMENA, OR APPEARANCES.
  19. PROPOSITIONS.
  20. THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD.
  21. THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD.
  22. CONTENTS OF THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD.
  23. INDEX TO THE PRINCIPIA.
  24. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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