Newton's Principia : the mathematical principles of natural philosophy

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NEWTON S
PRINCIPIA.
THE
MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLES
OF
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY,
BY
SIR ISAAC
NEWTON;
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY ANDREW MOTTE.
TO
WHICH
IS
ADDKTV
NEWTON S SYSTEM OF THE WORLD
With
a Portrait taken
;
from the Bust in the
Royal Observatory
at
Greenwich.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED,
WITH
A LIFE OF
THE AUTHOR, BY
PI.
W. CHITTENDEN, M.
A.,
&e.
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A
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noblest
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