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Newton's notebooks
Details from one of Newton's notebooks held at the University of Cambridge.
Full details and images of the Newton Papers at the University of Cambridge Digital Library
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Newton's notebooks
Another images showing details of calculations by Sir Isaac Newton in the collection of Newton's notebooks at the University of Cambridge.
The Newton papers at the University of Cambridge Digital Library
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Newton's Waste Book
Much of Newton's important work on calculus is developed in this large notebook, which he began using in 1664 when he was away from Cambridge due to the plague.
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Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica
Newton's monumental Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, often shortened to Principia, was published in July 1687 and brought him international fame. In this three-part work, he lays out in mathematical terms his laws of motion and account of universal gravitation.
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Observations made by Captain James Cook
Observations on
H.M.S. 'Resolution' during her passage to the South Seas on the
expedition led by Captain James Cook.
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Euclid - Elementa geometriae
Euclid - Elementa geometriae. Translated into Latin by Adelard of Bath. Printed in Venice in 1482 by Erhard Ratdolt. Shelfmark C.2.c.1.
The British Library - The Written World
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Euclid - Elementa geometriae
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