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Add. MS a/640
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Manuscript paraphrase of part of Newton's Principia by [?] Shepherd
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- [c 1820s-1830s] (Creation)
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1 vol. with paper wrappers (foliated 1-49, with writing on 1-46 with 5 blank leaves)
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Purchased from modernfirsteditions, Apr. 2020.
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Notebook with "Newton Sect: 2. 3." on front cover with "Shepherd, Trin: Coll" at top right. Follows Sections 2 and 3 of vol. I of Newton's Principia, with Propositions and their diagrams followed by Problems.
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Paper watermarked "Rye Mill 1823".