Note 56 — Chapter III · Sequel to the Epoch of Newton.—Reception of the Newtonian Theory.
Reading edition
See Hutton’s Math. Dict., art. James Gregory. If it fell in with my plan to notice derivative works, I might speak of Maclaurin’s admirable Account of Sir Isaac Newton’s Discoveries, published in 1748. This is still one of the best books on the subject. The late Professor Rigaud’s Historical Essay on the First Publication of Sir Isaac Newton’s “Principia” (Oxf. 1838) contains a careful and candid view of the circumstances of that event.