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Definition of Isaac Newton

1. Noun. English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727).

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Literary usage of Isaac Newton

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"Sir Isaac Newton was an only and posthumous child ; he could therefore have had no very near kindred of his own name ; but a pedigree of his family, ..."

2. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"Two Letters of Sir Isaac Newton to Mr. Le Clerc, late Divinity Professor of the ... Four Letters from Sir Isaac Newton to Dr. Bentley, containing some ..."

3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"SIR Isaac Newton (1642-1727) HAS been said that the history of Sir Isaac Newton is also the history of science; yet the character of his life and work does ..."

4. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1890)
"Generally attributed to Sir Isaac Newton, Animadversions upon Sir I. Newton's ... Ss. Two Letters of Sir Isaac Newton to Mr. Le Clerc, late Divinity ..."

5. Investigations in Currency & Finance by William Stanley Jevons, Harriet Ann Taylor Jevons (1909)
"XIV SIR Isaac Newton AND BIMETALLISM NOTE.—In all cases where, either in the text or notes of this paper, it has been necessary to make any additions to the ..."

6. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1856)
"Correspondence of Sir Isaac Newton and Professor Cotes. Edited by J. EDLESTON, MA, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. 1 vol. 8vo. ..."

7. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"Sir Isaac Newton was an only and posthumous child ; he could therefore have had no very near kindred of his own name ; but a pedigree of his family, ..."

8. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"Two Letters of Sir Isaac Newton to Mr. Le Clerc, late Divinity Professor of the ... Four Letters from Sir Isaac Newton to Dr. Bentley, containing some ..."

9. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"SIR Isaac Newton (1642-1727) HAS been said that the history of Sir Isaac Newton is also the history of science; yet the character of his life and work does ..."

10. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1890)
"Generally attributed to Sir Isaac Newton, Animadversions upon Sir I. Newton's ... Ss. Two Letters of Sir Isaac Newton to Mr. Le Clerc, late Divinity ..."

11. Investigations in Currency & Finance by William Stanley Jevons, Harriet Ann Taylor Jevons (1909)
"XIV SIR Isaac Newton AND BIMETALLISM NOTE.—In all cases where, either in the text or notes of this paper, it has been necessary to make any additions to the ..."

12. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1856)
"Correspondence of Sir Isaac Newton and Professor Cotes. Edited by J. EDLESTON, MA, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. 1 vol. 8vo. ..."

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