Abstract
ON April 2 of this year (vol. lxxvii., p. 510) I contributed to your columns a short account of an interesting copy of the original edition of the above work, which I had purchased in Sydney from among a collection of old books that had remained packed up in cases for about 140 years, and had formed part of an English estate in Chancery. The most interesting feature of the book consists of several pages of manuscript corrections for a second edition, and numerous amendments of the mathematical diagrams throughout the book, which, according to a further note forming portion of the manuscript pages, were in the handwriting of Sir Isaac Newton himself.
Similar content being viewed by others
Article PDF
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
SMITH, B. An Annotated Copy of Newton's “Principia”. Nature 79, 130 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/079130a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/079130a0
Comments
By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.