Newton's \textit{Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica} ``Jesuit edition: the tenor of a huge work

DOI10.4171/RLM/686MaRDI QIDQ484647zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Paolo Bussotti, Raffaele Pisano

Publication date 7 January 2015

Published in Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Serie IX. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.4171/RLM/686

zbMATH Keywords

Calandrinicentral forcescommentaryJacquierJesuit editionLe SeurNewton

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Historiography (01A85)

Review text

The third edition of Newton's \textit{Principia} appeared in 1726. It was the textual base of the so-called Jesuit edition of this monograph that consisted of four volumes and appeared in the years 1739 up to 1742 commenting upon every proposition. The three commentators were Thomas Le Seur, Francois Jacquier, and Jean Louis Calandrini. The paper consists of three sections. First of all, it explains the history of the editions of the \textit{Principia} up to J. M. F. Wright's commentary on them that was published in 1833. Secondly, it presents the Jesuit edition and deals with its main characteristics. Thirdly, it analyses (in order to give a special example) Newton's solution of the fundamental inverse problem of central forces (Book I, Section 8, Proposition 41) and its explanations of the commentators. The authors of the paper intend to elaborate a thorough analysis of the whole edition.

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