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Newton’s Principia

by Isaac Newton

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Introduction to the American Edition
  3. 3Life of Sir Isaac Newton
  4. 4The Author’s Preface
  5. 5Book I — The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
  6. 6Axioms, or Laws of Motion
  7. 7Book I — Of the Motion of Bodies
  8. 8Section II — Of the Invention of Centripetal Forces
  9. 9Section III — Of the Motion of Bodies in Eccentric Conic Sections
  10. 10Section IV — Of the Finding of Elliptic, Parabolic, and Hyperbolic…
  11. 11Section V — How the Orbits Are to Be Found When Neither Focus Is Given
  12. 12Section VI — How the Motions Are to Be Found in Given Orbits
  13. 13Section VII — Concerning the Rectilinear Ascent and Descent of Bodies
  14. 14Section VIII — Of the Invention of Orbits Wherein Bodies Will Revol…
  15. 15Section IX — Of the Motion of Bodies in Moveable Orbits; and of the…
  16. 16Section X — Of the Motion of Bodies in Given Superficies, and of th…
  17. 17Section XI — Of the Motions of Bodies Tending to Each Other With Ce…
  18. 18Section XII — Of the Attractive Forces of Sphærical Bodies
  19. 19Section XIII — Of the Attractive Forces of Bodies Which Are Not of…
  20. 20Section XIV — Of the Motion of Very Small Bodies When Agitated by C…
  21. 21Book II — Section I — Of the Motion of Bodies That Are Resisted in…
  22. 22Section II — Of the Motion of Bodies That Are Resisted in the Dupli…
  23. 23Section III — Of the Motions of Bodies Which Are Resisted Partly in…
  24. 24Section IV — Of the Circular Motion of Bodies in Resisting Mediums
  25. 25Section V — Of the Density and Compression of Fluids; and of Hydros…
  26. 26Section VI — Of the Motion and Resistance of Funependulous Bodies
  27. 27Section VII — Of the Motion of Fluids, and the Resistance Made to P…
  28. 28Section VIII
  29. 29Section IX — Of the Circular Motion of Fluids
  30. 30Book III
  31. 31Rules of Reasoning in Philosophy
  32. 32Phænomena, or Appearances
  33. 33Propositions
  34. 34The System of the World

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