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George Forbes. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA , SAN DIEGO 3 1822 02344 6487 NEWTON SIR ISAAC NEWTON . Front Cover.
George Forbes. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA , SAN DIEGO 3 1822 02344 6487 NEWTON SIR ISAAC NEWTON . Front Cover.
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George Forbes. NIVE BRA OF CALIFORNIA , 1 : nnnn SAN RARY Y OF C UNIVERSITY FORMA Har TWIC NEWTON !
George Forbes. NIVE BRA OF CALIFORNIA , 1 : nnnn SAN RARY Y OF C UNIVERSITY FORMA Har TWIC NEWTON !
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George Forbes. NEWTON SIR ISAAC NEWTON . UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA , SAN DIEGO 3 1822 02344 6487. ( From the bust by Roubiliac in Trinity College , Cambridge . ) CHALDEAN BAKED BRICK OR TABLET , Obverse and reverse sides.
George Forbes. NEWTON SIR ISAAC NEWTON . UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA , SAN DIEGO 3 1822 02344 6487. ( From the bust by Roubiliac in Trinity College , Cambridge . ) CHALDEAN BAKED BRICK OR TABLET , Obverse and reverse sides.
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... NEWTON - LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVI- TATION 8. NEWTON'S PAGE vii I 7 13 23 333 46 51 SUCCESSORS HALLEY , --- EULER , LA- 60 GRANGE , LAPLACE , ETC. 9. DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS HERSCHEL , PIAZZI , ADAMS , AND Le Verrier- 64 BOOK III ...
... NEWTON - LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVI- TATION 8. NEWTON'S PAGE vii I 7 13 23 333 46 51 SUCCESSORS HALLEY , --- EULER , LA- 60 GRANGE , LAPLACE , ETC. 9. DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS HERSCHEL , PIAZZI , ADAMS , AND Le Verrier- 64 BOOK III ...
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... Newton converted the point of view into a dynamical one . Aristotle's mental capacity to understand the meaning of facts or to criticise a train of reasoning may have been equal to that of Kepler or Newton , but the point of view was ...
... Newton converted the point of view into a dynamical one . Aristotle's mental capacity to understand the meaning of facts or to criticise a train of reasoning may have been equal to that of Kepler or Newton , but the point of view was ...
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