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A handwritten page of notes added to a blank page in Newton's personal copy of the Principia. The script is tight and flowing, browning ink on a yellowed page, with some words crossed out and corrections crammed in above.

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  1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 19:31:38 UTC Robert McNees Robert McNees
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    You can thumb through one of Isaac Newton's personal copies of the Principia, courtesy of the Cambridge Digital Library.

    Donated by the 5th Earl of Portsmouth in 1872, it contains many of Newton's own notes, annotations, and corrections.

    https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk//view/PR-ADV-B-00039-00001/9

    In conversation Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 19:31:38 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
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