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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Leibniz from Oxford Series |
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Leibniz from Oxford Series
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Cover -- Leibniz: Journal Articles on Natural Philosophy -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Note on Texts and Translation -- Some Notes on Seventeenth-century Mathematics -- Introduction -- 1. A Unitary Principle of Optics, Catoptrics, and Dioptrics -- 2. New Demonstrations Concerning the Resistance of Solids -- 3. A Brief Demonstration of a Notable Error by Descartes and others concerning a Law of Nature according to which they maintain that God always conserves the same Quantity of Motion in matter, a law which they also misuse in mechanics |
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4. A Brief Comment by the Abbé D. C., showing Mr G. G. Leibniz the paralogism contained in the preceding objection -- 5. A Reply by Mr L. to the Abbé D. C., contained in a letter written to the Editor of these Nouvelles on 9th January 1687, concerning what was said by Mr Descartes: that God always conserves in nature the same quantity of motion -- 6. Comment by the Abbé D. C. on Mr L.'s Reply with regard to Mr Descartes's principle of mechanics -- in Article 3 of these Nouvelles, February 1687 |
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7. Response by Mr L. to the Comment by the Abbé D. C. in Article 1 of these Nouvelles for the month of June 1687, in which he attempts to defend a Law of Nature proposed by Mr Descartes -- 8. On Optical Lines and other matters: Excerpts from a letter to -- 9. A Sketch Concerning the Resistance of a Medium and the motion of heavy bodies projected in a resisting medium -- 10. An Essay on the Causes of the Celestial Motions -- 11. Observations on the Cause of Gravity and its Properties |
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12. On the Isochronous Line along which a heavy body escends without acceleration, and on the controversy with the Abbé D. C. -- 13. On the Cause of Gravity, and defence against the Cartesians of the author's own view on the true laws of nature -- 14. A Reply to the articles that the illustrious J. B. published in the May issue of these Acta -- 15. An Opinion about the Motive Forces of Mechanics, offered by D. Papin against the objections of the most distinguished G. G. L -- 16. Addition to the Sketch on the Resistance of the Medium published in these Acta in February 1689 |
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17. On the Line into which a flexible body curves itself under its own weight, and its remarkable usefulness for discovering any number of mean proportionals and logarithms -- 18. On Solutions to the Problem of the Catenary or Funicular, and to other problems proposed by the learned I. B. in the Acta of June 1691 -- 19. On the Laws of Nature and true estimation of motive forces, against the Cartesians: a Reply to the arguments proposed by Mr P. last January in these Acta, p. 6 -- 20. General Rule for the Composition of Motions |
| Summary |
This is the first volume compiling English translations of Leibniz's journal articles on natural philosophy, presenting a selection of 26 articles, only three of which have appeared before in English translation. It also includes in full Leibniz's public controversies with De Catelan, Papin, and Hartsoeker |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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21. Two Problems Constructed by Mr Leibniz, employing the general rule of the composition of motions that he just published |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
McDonough, Jeffrey K
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Schroeder, Lea Aurelia
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Levey, Samuel
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Francks, Richard
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Tho, Tzuchien
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| ISBN |
9780192655530 |
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0192655531 |
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