Newton's Principia. The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, by Sir Isaac Newton; Translated into English by Andrew Motte. To Which is Added Newton's System of the World; With a Portrait Taken from a Bust in the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. With a Life of the Author , by N.W. Chittenden, M.A. &c. New York: Daniel Adee, [1846].
First American Edition
Octavo 581 pp., with engraved frontispiece portrait. Text diagrams throughout. Rebound in maroon pebbled cloth; light age toning to text, otherwise a very good copy. Old bookseller's description affixed to front fly-leaf. From the library of Dale Riepe, with his ownership inscription to fly-leaf.
First American edition of the greatest work in the history of science. In this, Newton sets forth his profoundly important three laws of motion and describes universal gravitation, forever changing the way we perceive the physical universe and definitively removing the last doubts about heliocentrism; he accomplished this work in only seventeen months - a further testament to his immense genius. His status as the greatest scientific mind of our time would not be rivaled until Einstein.
Newton (1643-1727) was an English mathematician, astronomer, physicist, theologian and member of the Royal Society. His immeasurable contributions in the fields of mathematics (he laid the foundation for integral and differential calculus), physics and optics (he constructed the first reflecting telescope) have forever revolutionized science. Born the same year that Galileo died, Newton was the first scientist ever to be buried in Westminster Abbey, a great honor.
Babson, 23; see Gray, 26; Wallis, 26
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