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A short history of astronomy (1898)

Berry, Arthur,b. 1862 · London, J. Murray · leaf 298

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ne for someyears, perhaps owing to a serious illness, apparently somenervous disorder, which attacked Newton in 1692 andlasted about two years. During this illness, as he himselfsaid, he had not his usual consistency of mind, and it isby no means certain that he ever recovered his full… … [Tit face p. 240. §$ i92, 193] Neivtorfs Later Life 241 preparations for a new edition of the Principia, besidesgoing on with the lunar theory, but the work was againinterrupted in 1695, when he received the valuable appoint-ment of Warden to the Mint, from which he was promotedto the Mastership…

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