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Re: [Phys-l] DATA, FACTS, LAWS, THEORIES

John Clement wrote:
I was taught to use "The Energy Principal" by Peter Redmond
"Principle" surely?

... When were Newton's postulates first called laws?
...John M. Clement Houston, TX

If I am to believe the Motte translation of the Principia
in Cajori's revision of the Third Edition 1725-6, Newton prefaced Book One with "Axioms, Or Laws Of Motion" which set out ten paragraphs titled Law One, Two and Three, then Corollary One to Six, then a scholium.

Brian W