A Treatise of the System of the WorldDawsons, 1969 - 152 síður Originally written as part of his "Principia Mathematica," Newton integrated Kepler's laws of planetary motion and Galileo's forays into the laws of gravity into a comprehensive understanding of the organization of the universe according to the law of universal gravitation. Includes an Introduction by one of the world's foremost authorities on Newton. |
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That thofe conic fections are near | 128 |
That these were not two but one | 134 |
Lemmas premifed to the folution of | 141 |
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abfolute Æther afcent Aftronomers alfo almoſt alſo aphelions apparent diameter appear appulfe area's arifing attract becauſe bodies Book centripetal force circum-folar Comets common center decreaſe defcribe diminiſhed diſtance diurnal motion duplicate proportion duplicate ratio Earth Ecliptic edition equal equator errour faid fatellite feen felf fenfible fhine fhould fide fince firft firſt fixed Stars fmoak folar fome fplendour ftance fuch fuppofe furface fyzygies gravity greater greateſt head heavens height increaſe Jupiter Latin leaſt lefs leſs libration light likewife magnitude Moon Moon's moſt muft muſt Newton's manuscript nodes obfervations oppofite orbis magnus orbit paffed parallax perigees perihelion Planets pofition Principia Prop quadratures quantities of matter radii drawn raiſe reafon repreſent reſpect revolved rifing right line Roger Cotes Saturn ſcarce ſeen ſmall ſpace ſphere Sun's tails of Comets teleſcope themſelves thence theſe third hour thofe thoſe tides tion trajectory translation velocity Venus weft