Andrew Motte, d. 1730, English mathematician, was a lecturer in geometry at Gresham College. His first edition of this translation was
published in 1729.
William Emerson, 1701-1782, first published his comment on Newton’s
Principia in 1770. See also no. 3672 and 3678.
John Machin, d. 1751, English astronomer, became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1710, and in 1713 was appointed professor of astronomy
at Gresham College. His
Laws of the Moon’s Motion according to Gravity (an attempt to rectify Newton’s lunar theory), was appended to the first edition of Motte’s translation in 1729.
William Davis, 1771-1807, English mathematician and bookseller. For other works edited by him, see the Index.
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Pemberton’s view of Newton’s philosophy.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 24, as above.
[PEMBERTON,
Henry.]
A View of Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophy.
London: printed by
S. Palmer,
1728.
QA803 .P4
First Edition. 4to. 229 leaves, folded plates, engraved vignette on the title, head and tail pieces and historiated and pictorial
initials by J. Pine after J. Grison. On the 7th preliminary leaf, sig. [a]
3, begins a
Poem on Sir Isaac Newton
on 15 pages, signed at the end R. Glover. On sig. [d]
1 verso is the list of errata, followed by
A List of such of the Subscribers Names as are come to the Hand of the Author, on 8 leaves, printed in triple columns.
Lowndes III, 1673.
Gray, 132.
The subscribers’ list is exceptionally interesting, and includes a number whose names appear in this catalogue, among which
are Colin Maclaurin, Professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Edinburgh (see no. 3673, 3723), Abraham de Moivre (see no. 3686), John Pine, the engraver, and a number of others. Sir Isaac Newton himself subscribed for 12 copies. Among those with American
addresses are Richard Ash, of Antigua, Robert Carter, jun. in Virginia, George Ellis of Barbadoes, Jonathan Gale of Jamaica,
Joseph Gambol of Barbadoes, Benjamin King of Antigua, and John Willet of the Island of St. Christophers. William Stith is
among the subscribers, with no mention of his Virginian address, due to the fact that he was at the time a student at the
University of Oxford, and did not return to Williamsburg until 1731.
Henry Pemberton, 1694-1771, English physician and writer, studied medicine at Leyden under Boerhaave, q.v. On his return to England he became
a friend of Newton and superintended the publication of the third edition of the
Principia
.
A View of Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophy is dedicated by the author to Sir Robert Walpole.
Richard Glover, 1712-1785, English poet, politician and dramatist. The poem to Sir Isaac Newton at the beginning of this book was his earliest
publication; for others, see no. 3080, 3096.
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M
c.laurin’s acc
t. of Newton’s Philosophical discoveries.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 114, no. 3, as above,
account not abbreviated.
MACLAURIN,
Colin.
An Account of Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophical Discoveries, in Four Books. By Colin Maclaurin, A. M. late Fellow of the Royal Society, professor of mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, and secretary to the Philosophical
Society there. Published from the author’s manuscript papers, by Patrick Murdoch, M. A. and F. R. S. The
Third Edition.
London: printed for
J. Nourse,
W. Strahan,
J. and F. Rivington [and others],
mdcclxxv
. [1775.]
QA803 .M18 1775
8vo. 224 leaves including the half-title, 6 folded engraved plates, numbered; at the beginning is an account of the life and
writings of the author.
Lowndes III, 1444.
Gray 112.
This edition not in Lalande.
