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Re: Principia


I assume that the Principia was written in Latin; is there a "standard"
translation to English??? Citation???

TX


Jim Green
JMGreen@sisna.com

I'm currently reading parts of it for an essay on Newton. I feel
embarrassed that I've not delved into it before now.

"Sir Issac Newton's MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLES of Natural Philosophy
and His System of the World"

Motte's Translation (1729)
Revised by Florian Cajori

Derek.
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Derek Chirnside, Physics Department, Shirley Boys High School.
PO Box 27 025, Christchurch 8001, New Zealand.
chirnsided@mars.shirley.school.nz


As I understand it the Mott translation published in 1729 was approved by
the 'old man' himself. I guess that's about as official as one can get.

Dewey

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