Excerpt from Commentary on Newton's Principia, Vol. 1 of 2: With a Supplementary Volume, Designed for Volume Use of Students at the Universities The-encouragement here anticipated has'not been withheld, nor has the idea of improving and completing the'cpmr'nents of The Jesuits, contained in the Glasgow Newton, escaped us, inasmuch as long before these hints were promulgated, had the following 'work, is composed principally as a succedaneum to the former, been planned, and partly writ ten. It is at least, however, a pleasing confirmation Of the justness of our own Conceptions, to have encountered even at any time with these after suggestions. The plan of the work is, nevertheless, in several respects, a deviation from that here so forcibly recommended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.