 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 934 pages
...volume, cuts, &c. June 2. Ordered, that Mr. Newton's book be printed, and that Mr. Edmund Halley shall undertake the business of looking after it, and printing it at his own charge; which he engaged to do. (See the Journal of Council.) January 26. Ordered, that Mr. Newton be consulted, whether... | |
 | Stephen Peter Rigaud - 1838 - 208 pages
...meeting. They ordered indeed, that " Mr. Newton's book be printed," but they added, " that E. Halley shall undertake the " business of looking after it, and printing it at his " own charge, which he engaged to do." There is some mystery in this part of the business. Halley, in the letter, which, according... | |
 | 1841 - 524 pages
...to the extent of resolving • that Mr. Newton's book be printed,' but adding that ' E. Halley shall undertake the business of looking after it, and printing it at his own charge, which he engaged to do.' The fact was, that when the Council came to consider the Society's vote of the 19th... | |
 | 1841 - 1040 pages
...to the extent of resolving ' that Mr. Newton's book be printed,' but adding that ' £. Halley shall undertake the business of looking after it, and printing it at his own charge, which he engaged to do.' The fact was, that when the Council came to consider the Society's vote of the 19th... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...resolved, ' That Mr. Newton's book be printed, and that E. Hal* Wïlloughby, De Historia Piscium. ley shall undertake the business of looking after it, and printing it at his own charge ; which he engaged to do.' The wording of this minute has been thought ambiguous ; but the true sense seems tobe... | |
 | Charles Richard Weld - 1848 - 582 pages
...need to borrow reputation I3. "I am, &c., " E. HALLEY." The Council met on the 2nd June, when it was ordered that " Mr. Newton's book be printed, and that...after it, and printing it at his own charge ; which he engaged to do." The latter part of this resolution, which is at variance with the decision of the Society... | |
 | Charles Richard Weld - 1848 - 570 pages
...need to borrow reputation 13 . "I am, &c., "E. HALLEY." The Council met on the 2nd June, when it was ordered that " Mr. Newton's book be printed, and that...after it, and printing it at his own charge; which he engaged to do." The latter part of this resolution, which is at variance with the decision of the Society... | |
 | John Weale - 1852 - 966 pages
...president's attendance upon the king, and the absence of our vice-president, whom the good weather hnth drawn out of town, there has not since been any authentic...price of a copy of the first edition did not exceed 12s. The manuscript of this immortal work, entirely in Newton's own hand, is considered the greatest... | |
 | Robert Grant - 1852 - 686 pages
...Council on the 2nd of June, to the effect that Mr. Newton's book be printed, and " that £. Halley shall undertake the business of looking after it and printing it at his own charge, which he engaged to do." The fact is, that when the Council, -which took cognizance of all the pecuniary affaire... | |
 | 1853 - 1036 pages
...to the extent of resolving ' that Mr. Newton's book be printed,' but i adding that ' E. Halley shall undertake the business of looking after it, and printing it at his own charge, which he engaged to do.' The fact was, that when the Council came to consider the Society's vote of the 19th... | |
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Piscium, had exhausted the Society's finances to such an extent that the salaries even of its officers were in arrears. Accordingly, at the Council meeting of the 2nd of June, it was ordered that " Mr. Newton's book be printed, and that Mr. Halley undertake... 
