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not to be a jerk, but I have my doubts about the authenticity of some excerpts on pages 6 and 7, as Newton was a man of honor, and the author of the edited letters of Newton's cannon ball theory, has none, the contrast sticks out like a sore thumb
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| Title | A Treatise of the System of the World Eighteenth century collections online |
| Author | Isaac Newton |
| Publisher | F. Fayram, 1728 |
| Original from | University of Lausanne |
| Digitized | Jun 30, 2008 |
| Length | 154 pages |
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