The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

Isaac Newton, english physicist and mathematician (1643-1727)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- DEDICATION

-03- THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE

-04- THE PREFACE OF MR ROGER COTES

-05- DEFINITIONS

-06- AXIOMS OR LAWS OF MOTION

-07- BOOK I. THE MOTION OF BODIES

-08- SECTION I. METHOD OF FIRST AND LAST RATIOS

-09- SECTION II. OF THE INVENTION OF CENTRIPETAL FORCES

-10- SECTION III. OF THE MOTION OF BODIES IN ECCENTRIC CONIC SECTIONS

-11- SECTION IV. OF THE FINDING OF ELLIPTIC, PARABOLIC, AND HYPERBOLIC ORBITS, FROM THE FOCUS GIVEN

-12- SECTION V. HOW THE ORBITS ARE TO BE FOUND WHEN NEITHER FOCUS IS GIVEN

-13- SECTION VI. HOW THE MOTIONS ARE TO BE FOUND IN GIVEN ORBITS

-14- SECTION VII. CONCERNING THE RECTILINEAR ASCENT AND DESCENT OF BODIES

-15- SECTION VIII. OF THE INVENTION OF ORBITS WHEREIN BODIES WILL REVOLVE

-16- SECTION IX. OF THE MOTION OF BODIES IN MOVEABLE ORBITS

-17- SECTION X. OF THE MOTION OF BODIES IN GIVEN SUPERFICIES

-18- SECTION XI. OF THE MOTIONS OF BODIES TENDING TO EACH OTHER WITH CENTRIPETAL FORCES

-19- SECTION XII. OF THE ATTRACTIVE FORCES OF SPHÆRICAL BODIES

-20- SECTION XIII. OF THE ATTRACTIVE FORCES OF BODES WHICH ARE NOT OF A SPHÆRICAL FIGURE

-21- SECTION XIV. OF THE MOTION OF VERY SMALL BODIES WHEN AGITATED BY CENTRIPETAL FORCES TENDING TO THE SEVERAL PARTS OF ANY VERY GREAT BOFY

-22- BOOK II. THE MOTION OF BODIES IN RESISTING MEDIUMS

-23- SECTION I. OF THE MOTION OF BODIES THAT ARE RESISTED IN THE RATIO OF THE VELOCITY

-24- SECTION II. OF THE MOTION OF BODIES THAT ARE RESISTED IN THE DUPLICATE RATIO OF THEIR VELOCITIES

-25- SECTION III. OF THE MOTIONS OF BODIES WHICH ARE RESISTED PARTLY IN THE RATIO OF THE VELOCITIES, AND PARTLY IN THE DUPLICATE OF THE SAME RATIO

-26- SECTION IV. OF THE CIRCULAR MOTION OF BODIES IN RESISTING MEDIUMS

-27- SECTION V. OF THE DENSITY AND COMPRESSION OF FLUIDS

-28- SECTION VI. OF THE MOTION AND RESISTANCE OF FUNEPENDULOUS BODIES

-29- SECTION VII. OF THE MOTION OF FLUIDS AND THE RESISTANCE MADE TO PROJECTED BODIES

-30- SECTION VIII. OF MOTION PROPAGATED THRO' FLUIDS

-31- SECTION IX. OF THE CIRCULAR MOTION OF FLUIDS

-32- BOOK III. OF THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD

-33- PREEFACE TO BOOK III

-34- RULES OF REASONING IN PHILOSOPHY

-35- THE PHÆNOMENA OR APPEARANCES

-36- GRAVITATION TOWARDS EVERY PLANET

-37- GRAVITY TENDING TO ALL BODIES

-38- APPENDIX