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1683 Mathematics Tutor to Isaac Newton Isaac Barrow: 1683 Mathematics Tutor to Isaac Newton Isaac Barrow Huge FOLIO 2v SET Isaac Borrow was a 17th-century English theologian and mathematician whose collected works are a culmination of important sermons,

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NEWTON'S PHILOSOPHIAE NATURALIS PRINCIPIA . . .: Sir Isaac Newton "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica." Editio tertia aucta and emendata. London: Apud Guil. & Joh. Innys, 1726.Third Edition with engraved frontispiece portrait by George ver

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"ARCHIMEDES ARENARIUS" TRANSLATED BY WALLIS.: Two works by Archimedes translated by John Wallis Oxford geometry professor and teacher of Isaac Newton. Printed "Oxford E. Theato Sheldoniano 1676 on laid paper with early leather binding. Printed in

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1731 RARE Praise of Science Isaac Newton Czar Peter the

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1731 RARE Praise of Science Isaac Newton Czar Peter the Great Gottfried Leibniz 2v

Bernard de Fontenelle was a 17th-century French scholar most known for his work ‘Plurality of Worlds’; however, his contributions to the scientific community are lasting beyond ‘Plurality’. One of his notable works was ‘Eloges de Academiciens’, or ‘Praise of Scientists’; a work in which Fontenelle brought the scientific community to the common man. This book is a collection of biographical sketches on notable scientists, highlighting their discoveries and theories.

Notable entries include:

Czar, Peter the Great

Antoine Parent

Gottfried Leibniz

Jacques Ozanam

Isaac Newton

Item number: #5416

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FONTENELLE, Bernard de

Eloges Des Academiciens De L'Academie Royale Des Sciences

A La Haye : Van Der Kloot, 1731.

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Collation complete with all pages: 2 volumes

Vol. I– [36], 346 (i.e. 356)

Vol. II – [6], 355, [1]; 124

Language: French

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)

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