I would like to point for being buried by the Royal Society it seems rather easy to find and in several places.
Seems if I wanted to hide something I would not let the information be on the internet.
Doing a search I can find books and websites with the information.
The Cabal really seems not too good with keeping information hidden from the general public.
It should not be long before the truth is revealed, or maybe it has been already.
Yeah don't put words in peoples mouth. Sir Richard said they buried it. There was no allusion towards intention of "hiding" anything. They just stuck it at the bottom of the book pile is all or in a corner of the library out of place but on the shelf in plain view. Out of sight out of mind. Don't be ignorant.
Uh, no you missed the point that Newton was translating the Hermes Trismegistus Emerald Tablet. It wasn't written by Newton but just translated by him. As for why the Royal Society don't generally publish alchemical works, I leave you to discover for yourself.
Are you even listening to yourself? It was translated and WRITTEN DOWN by Newton from his OWN UNIQUE perspective as is evident by the numerous other translations by others from their OWN UNIQUE perspective. It WAS his WORK or else you would have to learn a new language and do it on your own. Don't be an ignoramus.
And you know this how exactly?
Why would I have to learn a new language, how is that relevant?
It's relevant because you are contradicting your self. It's not Newton's own idea but it is written in his own hand and it was translated (meaning originally written in another language) and THAT was his work. He saved you from having to translate it yourself. Easy.
Other translations by many others read the same as Newtons, the notion that these are Newton's own concepts is absurd, the Emerald Tablet was a standard alchemical reference over the ages.
Also what make you think I don't speak Latin?
Rodney,
I'm sure you asked that same question once before, and I don't think the answer would have changed, Newton formulated the equations describing planetary motion, and calculated the orbits of the planets, the fact that he didn't profess to understand what lay behind the maths doesn't make Newtonian mechanics any less valid. We still don't understand gravity, but that doesn't make it any less real. Or Newtons equations any less accurate.
Some history
http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath658/kmath658.htmNewton, Hooke and Halley all knew the earth was a globe, Hooke determined the inverse square law of gravity from observations of atmospheric pressure vs altitude.
"In 1684 Dr Halley came to visit him at Cambridge. After they had been some time together, the Dr asked him what he thought the curve would be that would be described by the planets supposing the force of attraction towards the sun to be reciprocal to the square of their distance from it. Sir Isaac replied immediately that it would be an ellipse. The Doctor, struck with joy and amazement, asked him how he knew it. Why, saith he, I have calculated it. Whereupon Dr Halley asked him for his calculation without any farther delay. Sir Isaac looked among his papers but could not find it, but he promised him to renew it and then to send it him…"
As a result of that visit Newton rewrote the whole thing and ended up writing the Principia.