Borelli’s edition of books V–VII of Apollonius’s Conics, and Lemma 12 in Newton’s Principia (2020)
Del Centina, Andrea (Author)
Fiocca, Alessandra (Author)
Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Volume: 74
Issue: 3
Pages: 255-279
To solve the direct problem of central forces when the trajectory is an ellipse and the force is directed to its centre, Newton made use of the famous Lemma 12 (Principia, I, sect. II) that was later recognized equivalent to proposition 31 of book VII of Apollonius’s Conics. In this paper, in which we look for Newton’s possible sources for Lemma 12, we compare Apollonius’s original proof, as edited by Borelli, with those of other authors, including that given by Newton himself. Moreover, after having retraced its editorial history, we evaluate the dissemination of Borelli's edition of books V-VII of Apollonius’s Conics before the printing of the Principia.
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