SECTION VIII. 



MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 



*1. Copy of the agreement relating to Sir I. Newton's MSS. 

 Copy of bond given by Conduitt in relation to Sir I. Newton's papers. 

 An account of John Conduitt's right to the MSS. of Sir I. Newton. 



2. Six drafts (all in Newton's hand) of a scheme for establishing 

 the Royal Society. 



3. Two printed copies of Newton's letter to the Abbe Conti 

 dated Feb. 26, 1716, with remarks of Newton on the letter of 

 Leibnitz to the Abbe Conti the latter dated |~f May 1716 (printed 

 in Des Maizeaux. Recueil, Tome ii. pp. 20, 82, 107). 



4. Advertisement of the Book "De Systemate Mundi" in Con- 

 duitt's hand, with memoranda and modern letters on Newton's life. 



5. On Education, <fec. 



On educating youth in the Universities. 



Testimonial to Mr David Gregory for Astr. Prof, at Oxford. 



Dr Gregory on the method of teaching in the Colleges in Scotland. 



Two Chapters on Cosmography. 



Beginning of "the Elements of Mechanicks." 



6. Systema Mundi. 



7. Miscellaneous. 



An account of the System of the World described in Mr New- 

 ton's principles of Philosophy. 



8. Astronomia, cap. 1, 2, 3, 4. This contains a drawing and 

 description of a quadrant or sextant for measuring angles by re- 

 flexion. 



9. Phenomena 1 15. 



10. Scheme of Observations recommended to a traveller. 

 *11. Papers relating to legal matters. 



12. General proportions for the parts of a ship. 

 * 13. Estimates of the expenses of Government in 1668 and 1675, 

 and a chronological tree of the royal family 1689. 



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