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NEWTON'S LIBRARY FOUND (United Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received 9th February, 1 p.m.) LONDON, Bth February. Sir Isaac Newton's library has been discovered after two hundred years. Newton died intestate and it was never known where two thousand volumes went. Now at least six hundred have been found in a Gloucestershire house, where they have been since 1717. They include Newton's early college books, such as English, Euclid, Greek, a Latin lexicon, purchased in 1661, and costing Newton 6d, a copy of Descartes' "Philosophy," also a well-thumbed copy of his own "Principia," profusely corrected for the second edition. The discovery forms a romance of books.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 33, 9 February 1928, Page 9
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107LAW OF GRAVITY Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 33, 9 February 1928, Page 9
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