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I consider philosophy rather than arts and write not concerning manual but natural powers, and consider chiefly those things which relate to gravity, levity, elastic force, the resistance of fluids, and the like forces, whether attractive or impulsive; and therefore I offer this work as the mathematical principles of philosophy.In the third book I give an example of this in the explication of the System of the World. I derive from celestial phenomena the forces of gravity with which bodies tend
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- Author
- Sir Isaac Newton; Florian Cajori
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 1966
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780520009295
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Fiction, Physics
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (128 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- Sir Isaac Newton's mathematical principles of natural philosophy and his system of the world. Vol. 1, Motion of bodies (1966)
- Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and His System of the World: Motion of Bodies: 001 (1966)
- Principia : Vol. 1 The Motion of Bodies (1966)
- Principia: Vol. II: The System of the World Volume 2 (1966)
- Principia: Vol. II: The System of the World Vol 2 (1966)
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