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Presents hypothesis, problems, and questions on the movement of bodies, centrifugal force and the orbit of planets
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RBO/6/62
Earliest possible date
10 December 1684
Page extent
17 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Definitions by Isaac Newton, 10 December 1684, RBO/6/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_6_62/definitions-by-isaac-newton, accessed on 22 April 2025

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