Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory: His Contribution to the Quest for Longitude by Nicholas Kollerstrom

Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory: His Contribution to the Quest for Longitude

Nicholas Kollerstrom

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Newton's lunar theory of 1702 turns out to have been the basis for numerous eighteenth century tables, and was used in China well into the twentieth century. It was taken into the Principia of 1713, with one important correction. Combining histori...

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