Newton and Flamsteed Remarks on an Article in Number CIX, of the Quarterly Review; To Which Are Added Two Letters, Occasioned by a Note in Number CX of the Review (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Newton and Flamsteed: Remarks on an Article in Number CIX, of the Quarterly Review; To Which Are Added Two Letters, Occasioned by a Note in Number CX of the Review As for your observations, you know I cannot communicate them to any body, and much less publish them, without your consent. But if I should perfect the moon's theory, and you should think fit to give me leave to publish your observations with it, you may rest assured that I should make a faithful and honorable acknowledgment of their author, with a just character of their exactness above any others yet extant. In the former edition of my book, you may remember that you communicated some things to me, and I hope the acknow ledgments I made of your communications were to your satis faction: and you may be assured I shall not be less just to you for the future. For all the world knows that I make no observations myself, and therefore I must of necessity ao knowledge their author: and if I do not make a handsome acknowledgment, they will reckon me an ungrateful clown. Account of flamsteed, p. 151. This the Reviewer has quoted; but he has not quoted what immediately follows, striking as it is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.