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I would have wished to consult an English translation of
"Principia..." where I fancy Newton may possibly have used
the symbol; but I have no copy.
It would be particularly pleasing if he used s as a reasonable
initial letter for a term in his written language; something like
s - secta (path, method etc.) but this is wild speculation.
Leibnitz and Gauss are candidates for first use ofIt is not, as Chandrasekhar found to his cost in the final
lower-case ess for arclength.
... The style of Newton is not entirely accessible, is it?
Tom