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