A Treatise of the System of the World: By Sir Isaac Newton. Translated Into English

Isaac Newton

F. Fayram, 1731 - Celestial mechanics - 152 pages

Contents

• CONTENTS: 1
• The certainty of the argument: 7
• That the force which governs the ſuperi: 18
• The ſame proved in the hypotheſis of: 24
• ters: 29
• Another analogy between the forces: 34
• Which notwithſtanding there are forces: 41
• Sun is agitated with a very ſlow: 49
• Of the dimenſions of the orbits and of: 51
• The motions of the fatellites of Jupiter: 57
• That the ſea ought twice to flow: 64
• That from the impediments of channels: 71
• That the times of the tides within: 73
• The force of the Sun to move the: 79
• The force of the Moon to excite tides: 85
• That thoſe forces of the Sun and Moon: 87
• That the Comets as often as they: 93
• And alſo below the orb of Jupiter: 99
• The ſame proved from the light: 107
• This alſo confirmed by the greater mag: 111
• That the air and vapour in the celeſtial: 117
• The Comets do fometimes defcend below: 124
• That thoſe conic ſections are near: 128
• more exactly 134 With what velocity Comets are carried: 136
• The Problem refolved: 148

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Treatise of the System of the World: By Sir Isaac Newton. Translated Into English; Eighteenth century collections online
• Author: Isaac Newton
• Publisher: F. Fayram, 1731
• Original from: University of Lausanne
• Digitized: Aug 17, 2009
• Length: 152 pages