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© 1999 by The Regents of the University of California

ISBN: 978-0-520-29073-0 (cloth)
ISBN: 978-0-520-29074-7 (paper)
ISBN: 978-0-520-96478-5 (ebook)

The Library of Congress has cataloged an earlier edition of this book as follows:

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642–1727.

[Principia. English]

The Principia: mathematical principles of natural philosophy / Isaac Newton; a new translation by I. Bernard Cohen and Anne Whitman assisted by Julia Budenz; preceded by a guide to Newton’s Principia by I. Bernard Cohen.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-520-08816-0 (alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-520-08817-7 (alk. paper)

1. Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642–1727. Principia. 2. Mechanics—Early works to 1800. 3. Celestial mechanics—Early works to 1800. I. Cohen, I. Bernard, 1914– . II. Whitman, Anne Miller, 1937–1984. III. Title.

QA803.N413 1999

531—dc21

99-10278

CIP

Printed in the United States of America

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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 2002) (Permanence of Paper).