Preface to the First Edition

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface to the Second Edition v
3. Preface to the First Edition viii
4. Contents xiii
5. I. General Introduction 1
6. II. Newton's papers on the improvement of the telescope and on physical optics 25
7. III. Newton on Chemistry, Atomism, the Æther, and Heat 239
8. IV. Newton's Four Letters to Bentley, and the Boyle Lectures Related to Them 269
9. V. Halley and the Principia 395
10. VI. The first biography of Newton 425
11. Appendix 477
12. Bibliographical Notes 492
13. Note on the Printing of Bentley's Sermons 496
14. Supplement 498
15. Notes on the Texts of Newton's Papers & Letters 505
16. Index 525