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Tables of Contents for The Principia
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
A GUIDE TO NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA
1
370
Contents of the Guide
3
6
Abbreviations
9
2
A Brief History of the Principia
11
15
Translating the Principia
26
17
Some General Aspects of the Principia
43
42
Some Fundamental Concepts of the Principia
85
24
Axioms, or the Laws of the Motion
109
165
The Structure of Book 1
128
33
The Structure of Book 2
161
34
The Structure of Book 3
195
79
The Concluding General Scholium
274
19
How to Read the Principia
293
76
Conclusion
369
2
THE PRINCIPIA (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy)
371
568
Halley's Ode to Newton
379
2
Newton's Preface to the First Edition
381
3
Newton's Preface to the Second Edition
384
1
Cotes's Preface to the Second Edition
384
16
Newton's Preface to the Third Edition
400
3
Definitions
403
13
Axioms, or the Laws of Motion
416
15
The Motion of the Bodies
431
200
The Motion of the Bodies
631
160
The System of the World
791
148
General Scholium
939
6
Contents of the Principia
945
28
Index of Names
973