Newton, Isaac 1642-1727 creator Chittenden, N. W. Motte, Andrew 1696-1734 text utu 2025 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Newton's Principia: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" by Isaac Newton is a three-volume work first published in 1687. Written in Latin, it presents Newton's laws of motion and universal gravitation, creating a mathematical foundation for classical mechanics. The work explains planetary motion, estimates celestial masses, accounts for tides and Earth's shape, and addresses comets' orbits. Considered among history's greatest scientific achievements, it transformed scattered observations into systematic sciences of physics and astronomy, fundamentally altering humanity's understanding of the natural world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophi%C3%A6_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica Release date is 2025-06-27 Chris Curnow, John Welch, Laura Natal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Originally published: New York: Daniel Adee, 1846 Mechanics -- Early works to 1800 Celestial mechanics -- Early works to 1800 QA New York: Daniel Adee, 1846 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76404 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76404 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134752.0 76404