...afterwards examined the ellipsis, " yet am I not beholden to him for any light into the " business, but only for the diversion he gave me from " my other studies to think of these things, and for " his dogmaticalness in writing, as if he had found the " motion in the ellipsis,...

...afterwards examined the ellipsis ; yet am I not beholden to him for any light into the business, but only for the diversion he gave me from my other studies...and humble servant, " Is. NEWTON. " July 27, 1686. ' " This letter was printed in the Gen. Diet. (vol. vii. p. 800,) and reprinted in the Biographia Britannica,...

...afterwards examined the ellipsis ; yet am I not beholden to him for any light into the business, but only for the diversion he gave me from my other studies to think on these things, and for his doginaticalness in writing, as if he had found the motion in the ellipsis, which inclined me to try...

...afterwards examined the ellipsis, yet am I not beholden to him for any light into the business, but only for the diversion he gave me from my other studies...it, after I saw by what method it was to be done." For this reason we will here consider the correspondence in some detail. In the first letter Hooke,...

...afterward examined ye Ellipsis; yet am I not beholden to him for any light into y' business but only for ye diversion he gave me from my other studies to think on these things & for his dogmaticalnes in writing as if he had found ye motion in ye Ellipsis, wch inclined me to...

...July 1686, Newton again wrote to Halley: writing as if he had found the motion in the Ellipsis, wch inclined me to try it after I saw by what method it was to be done.111 However, seven years earlier, in his letter to Hooke of 13 December 1679, Newton had concluded...