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1990030809New York Etc.: Facts on File 1990. 240p. colored illus. dj quarto format. Facts on File unknown books
195036261New York: Reichner 1950. In spite of its limitations this is still the best annotated bibliographical catalogue of Newton's writings. Reichner unknown books
1732285967Leyden: Verbeek 1732. Third. hardcover. very good. Title page in red & black with engraved vignette; illustrated with 13 folding copperplates. 344 pages short 4to bound in 19th century leather-backed marbled boards lightly edge-rubbed; new end-leaves. Lugduni Batavorum: Joh. et Herm. Verbeek 1732.<br/><br/> Third Latin edition of his professorial lectures on mathematics mostly on algebra and analytic geometry given at Cambridge during 1673-83. Some of this material was incorporated into the Principia. Babson no. 204. Lowndes 1674. Some browning to the pages and light staining in top gutter but a very good copy.<br/><br/> Verbeek unknown books
2305Engraved vignette on title & 13 folding engraved plates. Title printed in red & black. 4 p.l. 344 pp. Large 4to cont. Dutch vellum over boards lower cover a little soiled final ten leaves with faint marginal dampstain panelled in blind central panel of each cover with large arabesque stamped in blind. Leyden: J. & H. Verbeek 1732. The Leyden edition the first to be edited by 'Gravesande and with additional treatises by Halley Colson DeMoivre Maclaurin and Campbell. There is also an Appendix "De Solutione et Constructione Aequationum Scripta Varia" excerpted from the Phil. Trans. Fine copy. Bookplate and signature of Karen Figala the historian of science. ❧ Babson 204. hardcover books
1740D4441Paris: Chez de Bure l'aine 1740. First Edition in French. Hardcover. Very Good. xxx 2 148 2 pp. With diagrams in the text. 4to 9¾ x 7½ period paneled calf spine tooled in gilt raised bands morocco label. First French Edition of Newton's important work the most extensive description of the mathematical method he used in his "Principia" the method of infinitesimals which was already written about 1671 but not published until 1736 with the title "Method of Fluxions and Infinite Series." Extensive notes in French on the title-page in a contemporary hand along with 3 wax seals which affect the top of the first three letters of METHODE. Additional ink notes some crossed out in margins of the first two pages of the preface. Two ink ownership signatures on front flyleaf. Spine scuffed label chipped rubbing to cover edges; pp. xix-xx of preface partially detached with edge wear as also final errata leaf; else very good. <br/><br/> Chez de Bure l'aine hardcover books
19741293520Munchen: Werner Fritsch 1974. Hardcover. 8vo facsimile paged 3075-3087 illustrated; VG; grey marbled cardboard cover with blue label and black print slight bump to upper right corner; interior clean but for pencil notation on first prelim. page slight curl to outside corners; "Historiae Scientiarum Elementa. Fasc. 2"; "London Philosophical Transactions no. 80 1672. Third Reprint 1974." 1293520. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Werner Fritsch hardcover books
18481803065Daniel Adee 1848. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine TRUE first American edition 1st issue as stated on the title page. Some water stains on page edges. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Rubbing on outside spine and corners and at bottom of spine. Tape at endpapers and pastedowns along gutters. Housed in custom-made slip case. Daniel Adee hardcover books
184865054New York: Published by Daniel Adee 176 Fulton Street Turney & Lockwood's Stereo 1848. First American edition later printing. The first edition was published in 1687. Frontispiece portrait taken from the bust in the Royal Observatory of Greenwich diagrams in text. 8vo. Original green cloth. Head of spine carefully restored some rubbing some light browning mostly at front and back a very good copy of this important work. In a leather-tipped green cloth open-end box. Bookplate of O. Stuck on endpapers. First American edition later printing. The first edition was published in 1687. Frontispiece portrait taken from the bust in the Royal Observatory of Greenwich diagrams in text. 8vo. The first English edition of Newton's "Principia" was translated by Andrew Motte a mathematician who with his brother Benjamin the publisher had edited the abridged "Philosophical transactions." This first English edition was published in 1729 from the third and definitive Latin edition of 1726. Newton's "A Treatise of the System of the World" was first published in English in 1728. The American edition bears a dedication and an introduction directed to teachers "If to educate means not so much to store the memory with symbols and facts as to bring forth the faculties of the soul and to develope them to the full by healthy nurture and a hardy discipline then what so effective to the accomplishment of that end as the study of Geometrical Synthesis . Let the Principia then be gladly welcomed into every Hall where a True Teacher presides." Copyright 1846 but first published 1848; the present copy is printed from stereotype plates wear to terminal page number. "The greatest work in the history of science . the "Principia" provided the great systhesis of the cosmos proving finally its physical unity . for the first time a single mathematical law could explain the motion of objects on earth as well as the phenomena of the heavens" PMM. Babson 23; Gray 26; Karpinski p. 491; Horblit 78; PMM 161 Published by Daniel Adee, 176 Fulton Street [Turney & Lockwood's Stereo unknown books
1209Twelve folding engraved plates. 1 leaf of ads 1 p.l. xi 1 415 pp. 1 p. of ads. 8vo 18th-cent. speckled calf carefully rebacked by Aquarius double gilt fillet round sides spine richly gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: G. & J. Innys 1719. Second edition in Latin and an influential book on the Continent. Newton published this edition in Latin to reach the Continental audience which had been little influenced by his optical experiments. The edition served its purpose and caused numerous demonstrations of his theory of colors to be performed in Paris. Newton's optical theories began to spread significantly outside Great Britain as a result of this book. See Westfall's Never at Rest pp. 794-95. A very good copy with the signature dated 14 Mar. 1822 of Stephen Peter Rigaud 1774-1839 historian of science astronomer and Savilian professor of geometry at Oxford. Stamp of the Radcliffe Observatory on verso of title. With the bookplate of William A. Cole the distinguished collector and bibliographer of chemistry. ❧ Babson 138. unknown books
1220Twelve folding engraved plates. 4 p.l. 382 pp. one leaf of ads. 8vo cont. calf small portions of ends of spine & one corner carefully repaired spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: W. Innys 1730. Fourth edition and the final edition to be revised by Newton of this great classic. It contains the complete set of 31 Queries which reveal some of Newton's most influential and speculative writing. Fine crisp copy. Contemporary armorial bookplate of Edward Powell. ❧ Babson 136. unknown books
17045582London: Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford Printers to the Royal Society 1704. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. 24.2 x 18.8 cm. 2 ff. 144 pp. 211 pp 1 pp. with 19 folding engraved plates. Bound in contemporary English paneled calf. Minor ribbing to binding. Only very minor marginal traces of use. Very genuine. Excellent. First edition first issue of this landmark in science by Sir Isaac Newton 1642-1727 here in a remarkably well preserved unrestored example. "The work summarized Newton's discoveries and theories concerning light and color: the spectrum of the sunlight the degrees of refraction associated with different colors the color circle the first in the history of color theory the invention of the reflecting telescope the first workable theory of the rainbow and experiments on what would later be called 'interference effects' in conjunction with Newton's rings . . . The first edition of the Opticks ends with two mathematical treatises in Latin written to establish his priority over Leibnitz in the invention of the calculus" Norman 1588. Babson 132; Dibner 148; Horblit 79b; PMM 172; Norman 1588; Wallis 174. <br/> <br/> Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, Printers to the Royal Society hardcover books
1744109523Lausanne and Geneva: Aoud Marcum-Michaelem Bousquet & Socios 1744. First edition of the first collected edition of <span class="match">Newton</span>'s writings which has been hailed as "a fine piece of bookmaking" Babson. Quarto bound in contemporary velum contains 64 folding engraved plates; 2 folding letterpress tables. In very good condition. Small stamps to the spine and title pages. Rare in contemporary binding. English mathematician astronomer theologian author and physicist Sir Isaac Newton is widely considered one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution. In one of his most important works Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Newton formulated the the laws of motion and universal gravitation that formed the dominant scientific viewpoint until being superseded by the theory of relativity. Aoud Marcum-Michaelem Bousquet & Socios unknown books
174492332Lausanne and Geneva: Aoud Marcum-Michaelem Bousquet & Socios 1744. First edition of the first collected edition of <span class="match">Newton</span>'s writings which has been hailed as "a fine piece of bookmaking" Babson. Quarto bound in contemporary velum contains 64 folding engraved plates; 2 folding letterpress tables. In very good condition wide margins. Rare in contemporary binding. English mathematician astronomer theologian author and physicist Sir Isaac Newton is widely considered one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution. In one of his most important works Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Newton formulated the the laws of motion and universal gravitation that formed the dominant scientific viewpoint until being superseded by the theory of relativity. Aoud Marcum-Michaelem Bousquet & Socios unknown books
17262210London: Guil. & Joh. Innys Regiae Societatis typographos 1726. Third Edition. contemporary full vellum. RARE 1726 THIRD EDITION OF NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA THE LAST EDITION EDITED BY NEWTON AND THE BASIS FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS. ONE OF ONLY 1250 COPIES PRINTED. "The Principia is generally described as the greatest work in the history of science. Copernicus Galileo and Kepler had certainly shown the way; but where they described the phenomena they observed Newton explained the underlying universal laws. The Principia provided the great synthesis of the cosmos proving finally its physical unity. Newton showed that the important and dramatic aspects of nature that were subject to the universal law of gravitation could be explained in mathematical terms within a single physical theory. With him the separation of natural and supernatural of sublunar and superlunar worlds disappeared. The same laws of gravitation and motion rule everywhere; for the first time a single mathematical law could explain the motion of objects on earth as well as the phenomena of the heavens. The whole cosmos is composed of inter-connecting parts influencing each other according to these laws. It was this grand conception that produced a general revolution in human thought equalled perhaps only by that following Darwin's Origin of Species. It was the final irrevocable break with a medieval conception based on Greek and Roman cosmology and a scholastic system derived from the medieval interpretation of Aristotle. Newton's universe almost independent of the spiritual order ushered in the age of rationalism scientific determinism and the acceptance of a mechanistic view of nature" Printing and the Mind of Man 161. On the history and importance of the third edition: Towards the end of his life Newton "gave one last effort to the Principia. It is clear that he regarded the Principia rather than the Opticks as his masterwork. He worked over the Principia without end to hone its language to a perfect expression of his ideas. Perhaps the appearance of a reprint of the second edition in Amsterdam in 1723 stimulated Newton to put his plan for a new edition into action. Perhaps a serious illness in 1722 reminded him that he could not delay forever. We know only that printing of an edition more sumptuous than either of the others began in the fall of 1723. As editor Newton had the services of a young member of the Royal Society Henry Pemberton. In the fall of 1723 Pemberton addressed to him the first of thirty-one communications which stretched over the following two-and-a-half years while the edition passed through the press. Through 1724 and 1725 the edition made its slow but steady progress toward completion with none of the delays that stopped the press during the second edition. Newton dated the preface 12 January 1726. It was the last day of March when Martin Folkes presented a copy 'richly Bound in morocco Leather' to the Royal Society in Newton's name. In all 1250 copies were printed." Westfall The Life of Isaac Newton. The third edition "contains a new preface by Newton and a large number of alterations" Babson 13. With portrait engraving by Vertue bound before first text leaf and numerous illustrations in text. Complete with the privilege leaf half-title dedication leaf index and ad leaf. London: Guil. & Joh. Innys Regiae Societatis typographos 1726. Quarto 186x241 mm contemporary full Dutch vellum; custom half-leather box. Unidentified early signatures on front pastedown half-title and ad leaf verso. Mild scuffing to binding boards a little bowed. Text with occasional light soiling and scattered foxing but generally clean. A beautiful copy. SCARCE IN AN UNRESTORED CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Guil. & Joh. Innys, Regiae Societatis typographos unknown books
1972223272Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1972. hardcover. near fine/very good. Reprint of the third edition 1726 with Variant Readings. Edited by Alexandre Koyre and I. Bernard Cohen & Anne Whitman. 2 volumes. Illustrated with hundreds of in-text diagrams. 4to black cloth d.w. A near fine copy but for a sloppily removed label on the inside front cover.<br/><br/> Third edition of Newton's masterpiece."The most influential scientific publication of the 17th century." -Horblit. "The Principia is generally described as the greatest work in the history of science. Copernicus Galileo and Kepler had certainly shown the way; but where they described the phenomena they observed Newton explained the underlying universal laws. The Principia provided the great synthesis of the cosmos proving finally its physical unity. Newton showed that the important and dramatic aspects of nature that were subject to the universal law of gravitation could be explained in mathematical terms within a single physical theory. It was this grand conception that produced a general revolution in human thought equalled perhaps only by that following Darwin's Origin of Species." -PMM.<br/><br/> Harvard University Press unknown books
1985009809Berkeley: University of California Press 1985. Book. Near fine condition. Paperback. Reprint edition. Octavo 8vo. Two volume set. Paperback bindings with minimal shelfwear. No date of publication though it is a 13th printing circa 1985. Translated into English by Andrew Motte in 1729. The translation revised and supplied with an historical and explanatory appendix by Florian Cajori. Vol. I: xxxvi 396 pages of text. Vol. II: iv 397-680 pages of text. The text is clean and unmarked. Reprint edition. University of California Press Paperback books
1803122898London: Printed for H.D. Symonds 1803. First complete edition in English of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia the greatest work of physics in the exceedingly rare original boards. Octavo 3 volumes bound in original boards uncut 54 folding copper-engraved plates of diagrams and figures all but one folding; 2 folding tables. with 22 folding. In near fine condition with light toning to the text. An exceptional example rare and desirable in the original boards. Housed in a custom clamshell box. "Newtons Principia is generally described as the greatest work in the history of science. Copernicus Galileo and Kepler had certainly shown the way; but where they described the phenomena they observed Newton explained the underlying universal laws. The Principia provided the greatest synthesis of the cosmos proving finally its physical unity. Newton showed that the important and dramatic aspects of nature that were subject to the universal law of gravitation could be explained in mathematical terms with a single physical theory. With him the separation of the natural and supernatural of sublunar and superlunar worlds disappeared. The same laws of gravitation and motion rule everywhere; for the first time a single mathematical law could explain the motion of objects on earth as well as the phenomena of the heavens. The whole cosmos is composed of inter-connecting parts influencing each other according to these laws. It was this grand conception that produced a general revolution in human thought equaled perhaps only by that following Darwins Origin of Species Newton is generally regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time and the founder of mathematical physics" PMM 161. "It is perhaps the greatest intellectual stride that it has ever been granted to any man to make" Einstein. Printed for H.D. Symonds hardcover books
168118283Cantabrigiæ: Ex Officina Joann. Hayes Sumptibus Henrici Dickinson 1681 1681. Second English edition; the first was published in 1672 also by Hayes. ESTC R9979; Wing V107; Honeyman Sale Catalogue 3029. Edges and hinges repaired; prelims a little foxed; a very good copy. 8vo contemporary panelled calf rebacked raised bands. Five folding plates. Title-page printed in red and black. ¶ The celebrated treatise on scientific and comparative geography by the German geographer Bernhardus Varenius 1622-1650 first published in Amsterdam in 1650. It became the standard textbook on the subject for a century. Isaac Newton edited and revised this edition for his students at Cambridge; it was Newton's first published work. <br/><br/> Cantabrigiæ: Ex Officina Joann. Hayes, Sumptibus Henrici Dickinson, 1681 unknown books
195526903New York: Herbert Reichner 1955. First editions limited to 750 and 450 copies respectively 8vo together 2 volumes: pp. xiv 228; and pp. viii 91; frontis portrait and 19 illus. on rectos and versos of 10 plates in main volume; supplement with one-page "Errata in Original Catalogue;" light wear and soiling main volume a little shaken but still overall a very good sound set. <br/><br/> Herbert Reichner unknown books
1747RW1580London:: Printed by W. Innys T. Longman and T. Shewell C. Hitch and M. Senex 1747. 1747. 2 volumes. 4to. 4 lxxv 1 475 1; ii 389 33 pp. Original full calf raised bands calf gilt-stamped red & brown spine labels; joints cracked. Small rubberstamp on title. Very good. NICE CLEAN COPY. Sixth edition "greatly improved by the author" of 'sGravedande's extensive experimentation and instruction in Newtonian physics. The experiments range from basic physics to hydraulics optics electricity and astronomy. The entire work is profusely illustrated with folding engraved plates detailing among many other experiments and apparatuses a steam-powered Hero's Engine plate 78 a static electricity generator plate 79 the first magic lantern slide projector plate 109 the prismatic effect of a rainbow plate 120 and the known solar system plate 122. 'sGravesande "is the author of Elements de physique demonstres mathematiquement. . . ou introduction a la philosophie Newtonienne which was translated from the Latin and published at Leyden in 1746. In the second volume he gives a description of an electrical machine constructed on the plan of that of Hauksbee. It consisted merely of a crystal globe which was mounted upon a copper stand and against which was pressed the hand of the operator while it was made to revolve rapidly by means of a large wheel." Mottelay. / Willem Jacob 'sGravesande was a Dutch philosopher and mathematician. Born in 's-Hertogenbosch he studied law in Leiden and wrote a thesis on suicide. In 1715 he visited London and King George I. He became a member of the Royal Society. In 1717 he became professor in physics and astronomy in Leiden and introduced the works of his friend Newton in the Netherlands. He was ardently opposed to fatalists like Hobbes and Spinoza. In 1724 Peter the Great offered him a job in Saint Petersburg but 'sGravesande did not accept. His best remembered work is Physices elementa mathematica experimentis confirmata sive introductio ad philosophiam Newtonianam or Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy Confirm'd by Experiments Leiden 1720 in which he laid the foundations for teaching Newtonian physics. / 'sGravesande's chief original contribution to physics involved an experiment in which brass balls are dropped with varying velocity onto a soft clay surface. This demonstrated that a ball with twice the velocity of another would leave an indentation four times as deep that three times the velocity yielded nine times the depth and so on. He shared these results with Emilie du Châtelet who subsequently corrected Newton's formula E = mv to E = mv2. / 'sGravesande was also the owner of the oldest known magic lantern which was built around 1720 by Jan van Musschenbroek and is currently housed at the Museum Booerhave in Leiden. / "From the outset of his teaching both physics and astronomy 'sGravesande modeled his lectures on the example of Newton in the Principia and Opticks although in later years they incorporated other influences especially that of Boerhaave. Moreover he adopted from Keill and Desaguliers the notion of demonstrating to his classes the experimental proof of scientific principles accumulating an ever larger collection of apparatus as may be seen from successive editions of his Physics elementa mathematica experimentis confirmata. Sive introductio ad philosophiam Newtonianam Leiden 1720 1721. The scientific reputation of 'sGravesande is enshrined in this book which he constantly corrected and amplified in later editions. An 'official' English translation prepared by Desaguliers to whom copies of the Latin original were sent in haste was also issued in 1720 and 1721 and it passed through six editions. The booksellers Mears and Woodward printed a rival version under the name of John Keill. French translations appeared only in 1746 and 1747 but a critical review by L. B. Castel was published in the Memoires de Trevoux in May and October 1721. The book was at once welcomed by British and a number of German scholars." – DSB V p. 510. References: Babson 70; Mottelay p. 181. Printed by W. Innys, T. Longman and T. Shewell, C. Hitch, and M. Senex, 1747. hardcover books
1995S13612New Jersey:: Humanities Press 1995. 1995. 8vo. ix 139 pp. Illus. index. Printed wrappers. Fine. ISBN: 039103877X Published posthumously as the author passed in 1994 while visiting the Grand Canyon. Dobbs was a prominent University of California Davis history professor known for her scholarship on Sir Isaac Newton. Professor Dobbs taught and researched the history of science specializing in early modern science and the history of alchemy and chemistry. Jacobs is History Professor Emeritus at UCLA. Humanities Press, (1995). unknown books
1963S13609Cambridge:: Harvard University Press 1963. 1963. 8vo. viii 328 pp. 12 illus. pls. index. Cloth dust-jacket. Ownership ink signature of David C. Lindberg. Fine. First edition. Frank Edward Manuel was an American historian Kenan Professor of History emeritus at New York University and Alfred and Viola Hart University Professor emeritus at Brandeis University. Frank Edward Manuel was among the most respected European intellectual historians of the twentieth century. "Manuel's wide-ranging scholarly interests inspired groundbreaking works on utopias Christian Hebraism historiography and philosophers such as Isaac Newton Karl Marx and Henri Saint- Simon. A prolific author he wrote co-wrote or edited 20 books. His most popular work Utopian Thought in the Western World written with his wife won the American Book Award. Other notable publications included The Politics of Modern Spain 1938 The Age of Reason 1951 The New World of Henri Saint-Simon 1956 The Eighteenth Century Confronts the Gods 1959 Shapes of Philosophical History 1965 A Portrait of Isaac Newton 1968 Freedom from History 1971 The Changing of the Gods 1983 The Broken Staff: Judaism Through Christian Eyes 1992 A Requiem for Karl Marx 1995 and Scenes from the End: The Last Days of World War II in Europe 2000. Even as he approached age 90 Manuel remained active. Shortly before his death he was near completion on the book Varieties of Historical Experience and in 2004 his wife published their coauthored work James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers. / Manuel was the recipient of numerous awards. He was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1957-58 a Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Fellow in 1962-1963 and a Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar in 1978. He was also a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Along with the American Book Award Utopian Thought in the Western World won the Melcher Prize and the Phi Beta Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Award. Manuel received honorary degrees from the following institutions: Union Theological Seminary 1979; Brandeis University 1986; and the Hebrew-Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion 1998." Brandeis Harvard University Press, 1963. hardcover books
1988SS12721Montreal:: McGill-Queen's University Press 1988. 1988. Queen's Quarterly. 8vo. 135 pp. Illus. Pictorial boards. Fine. ISBN: 0773506896 Based on lectures and papers given at a conference held at Queen's University in 1987 and celebrating the tercentenary of the publication of Newton's Principia Mathematica--Cf. pref. "This lively collection of lectures presented at the symposium by prominent scholars was collected and edited by Marcia Stayer with the assistance of Boris Castel. The chapters outline the influence of the "Principia" on the work of Newton's contemporaries - such as Adam Smith - and on many areas of present-day science: particle physics optics astronomy and non-mechanical fields such as computer theory. Contributors include A.P. French Werner Israel W.H. Newton-Smith David Raphael Stephen Smale Steven Weinberg Richard S. Westfall and Denys Wilkinson. This book will be of interest to both general readers and students of science." CONTENTS: Newton and the Scientific Revolution; Science Rationality and Newton; Newton and Adam Smith; Isaac Newton Explorer of the Real World; From White Dwarfs to Black Holes: The History of a Revolutionary Idea; The Newtonian Contribution to Our Understanding of the Computer; Newton's Dream; Symmetry in Art and Nature; Contributors; Organizing Committee. McGill-Queen's University Press, (1988). hardcover books
1740S13116Lausannae & Geneva: Marci-Michaelis Bousquet & Sociorum 1740. 1740. 4to. iv xxxii 363 1 pp. Half-title engraved frontispiece portrait of Newton engr. Jean-Louis Daudet after Vanderbank 12 engraved folding plates title vignette of 4 cherubs and a female figure each using an optical instrument representing learning optics/perspective drawn by Delamoncein and engraved by Daudet head & tail pieces and woodcut initial letters drawn by Papillon index; first 11 leaves browned. Contemporary full vellum green leather gilt-stamped spine label edges with decorative red freckling as designed by the binder; foot of spine with faint ink marking "11-". Paper unevenly browned. Verso of title with small ink annotation "=1135="; rear pastedown with another notation "á 20.Luglio 1801." Very good. Third Latin edition edited by Bousquet with a dedication to Joannes Bernoulli. This edition contains the full array of 31 querries. / "Newton's contributions to the science of optics :: his discovery of the unequal refractions of rays of different color his theory of color and his investigations of 'Newton's rings' to mention only a few of the most noteworthy :: place him among the premier contributors to that science. . . . Today we recognize that his work on optics offers unique rewards in its exciting innovative conjunction of physical theory experimental investigation and mathematics and in the revealing glimpse that it provides of a crucial period in the evolution of experimental science." :: Alan E. Shapiro The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton: Volume 1 1984 p. xi. / Jean-Louis Daudet 1695-1756 who made the frontispiece and title vignette was an engraver and print publisher active in Lyon inherited business from his father Etienne Joseph Daudet. He flourished from 1722 till his death in 1756. Thereafter the business continued by his widow in association with his son-in-law Louis Martin Roch Joubert until 1773. / "Newton famously declared that it is not the business of science to make hypotheses. However it's well to remember that this position was formulated in the midst of a bitter dispute with Robert Hooke who had criticized Newton's writings on optics when they were first communicated to the Royal Society in the early 1670's. The essence of Newton's thesis was that white light is composed of a mixture of light of different elementary colors ranging across the visible spectrum which he had demonstrated by decomposing white light into its separate colors and then reassembling those components to produce white light again. However in his description of the phenomena of color Newton originally included some remarks about his corpuscular conception of light perhaps akin to the cogs and flywheels in terms of which James Maxwell was later to conceive of the phenomena of electromagnetism. Hooke interpreted the whole of Newton's optical work as an attempt to legitimize this corpuscular hypothesis and countered with various objections." / "Newton quickly realized his mistake in attaching his theory of colors to any particular hypothesis on the fundamental nature of light and immediately back-tracked arguing that his intent had been only to describe the observable phenomena without regard to any hypotheses as to the cause of the phenomena. Hooke and others continued to criticize Newton's theory of colors by arguing against the corpuscular hypothesis causing Newton to respond more and more angrily that he was making no hypothesis he was describing the way things are and not claiming to explain why they are. This was a bitter lesson for Newton and in addition to initiating a life-long feud with Hooke went a long way toward shaping Newton's rhetoric about what science should be. . ." / "The first edition of The Opticks 1704 contained only 16 queries but when the Latin edition was published in 1706 Newton was emboldened to add seven more which ultimately became Queries 25 through 31 when in the second English edition he added Queries 17 through 24. Of all these one of the most intriguing is Query 28 which begins with the rhetorical question "Are not all Hypotheses erroneous in which Light is supposed to consist of Pression or Motion propagated through a fluid medium" In this query Newton rejects the Cartesian idea of a material substance filling in and comprising the space between particles. Newton preferred an atomistic view believing that all substances were comprised of hard impenetrable particles moving and interacting via innate forces in an empty space as described further in Query 31." :: Newton's Cosmological Queries :: MathPages. / Grace K. Babson Sir Isaac Newton 1950 141; George J. Gray A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton 182; Wallis 182. See: Printing and the Mind of Man 172. Marci-Michaelis Bousquet & Sociorum, 1740. hardcover books
1984S13602Cambridge UK:: Cambridge University Press 1984. 1984. Royal 8vo. xix 627 pp. 3 full-page black-and-white plates bibliography index. Navy blue cloth gilt-stamped spine label dust-jacket. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Shapiro. Fine. ISBN: 0521252482 Alan E. Shapiro's research is on Newton and his optical research and he is the editor of The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton. Most of the book presents the Lectiones Opticae and the Optica with the original Latin on the left and the translation duly annotated and cross referenced on the right. Cambridge University Press, (1984). hardcover books
