Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton (Volume 2 ) (9781235664076)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVII. NEWTON'8 HEALTH IMPAIRED--THE BOYLE LECTURES BY BENTLEY, WHO REQUESTS NEWTON's ASSISTANCE--NEWTON's FIRST LETTER TO BENTLEY ON THE FORMATION OF THE SUN AND PLANETS--HIS SECOND LETTER--ROTATION OF THE PLANETS THE RESULT OF DIVINE POWER--HIS THIRD LETTER--HYPOTHESIS OF MATTER EVENL DIFFUSED--LETTER OF BENTLEY TO NEWTON--REPLY TO IT BY NEWTON IN A FOURTH LETTER--OPINION OF PLATO EXAMINED--SUPPOSED MENTAL ILLNESS OF NEWTON ASCRIBED TO THE BURNING OF HIS MSS.--REFERRED TO IN THE LETTERS OF HUYGENS AND LEIBNITZ--MADE PUBLIC BY M. BIOT--MENTIONED IN THE DIARY OF MR DE LA PRYME--THE STORY REFERRED TO DISPROVED--NEWTON'S PAPERS BURNT BEFORE 1684--NEWTON'S LETTER TO MR. PEPY8--LETTER OF MR. PEPYS TO MR. MILLINGTON--MR. MILLINGTON's REPLY--MR. PEPYS' SECOND LETTER TO MR. MILLINGTON--NEWTON SOLVES A PROBLEM IN CHANCES--HIS LETTER TO LOCKE--REPLY OF LOCKE--NEWTON's ANSWER, EXPLAINING THE CAUSE OF HIS ILLNESS--HIS CRITICAL LETTER TO DR. MILL--HIS MIND NEVER IN A STATE OF DERANGEMENT, BUT FITTED FOR THE HIGHEST INTELLECTUAL EFFORTS. In the autumn of 1692, when Newton had finished his letters on fluxions, he did not enjoy that degree of health with which he had so long been favoured. The loss of appetite and want of sleep, of which he now complained, and which continued for nearly a twelvemonth, could not fail to diminish that mental vigour, and that " consistency of mind," as he himself calls it, which he had hitherto displayed. How far this ailment may have arisen from the disappointment which he experienced in the application of his friends for a permanent situation for him, we have not the means of ascertaining, but it is impossible to read his letters to Locke, and other letters from his friends, without perceiving that a painful impression had been le...

Product details

• Format Paperback | 180 pages
• Dimensions 189 x 246 x 10mm | 331g
• Publication date 03 Feb 2012
• Publisher General Books
• Publication City/Country United States
• Language English
• Illustrations note black & white illustrations
• ISBN10 1235664074
• ISBN13 9781235664076

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