Reason and Revolution: Extraordinary Works from a Distinguished Private Collection. Part 1

Reason and Revolution: Extraordinary Works from a Distinguished Private Collection. Part 1

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Newton, Isaac, Sir | Autograph manuscript worksheet, Cambridge, probably May 1694

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500,000 - 700,000 USD

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450,000 USD

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Newton, Sir Isaac

Autograph manuscript worksheet, being a reworking of his 1685 computation of the conic frustum of least resistance to uniform translation along its axis. [Cambridge, probably 4–8 May 1694]


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