The chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. To which is prefix'd, a short chronicle from the first memory of things in Europe, to the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great / By Sir Isaac Newton.

  • Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
Date:
1728
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. To which is prefix'd, a short chronicle from the first memory of things in Europe, to the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great / By Sir Isaac Newton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    he offers them ‘with the greatejl cau¬ tion ; And by a Mode fly, that was natural to Him and always accom¬ panies fuch fuperior talents, Jets a becoming example to others, not to be too prefumptuous in matters fo remote and dark. fho' the Subjett be only Chronology, yet, as the mind of the Author abounded with the mojl extenfive ‘variety of Knowledge, he frequently interfperfes Obfervati- ons of a different kind; and occafi- onally infills principles of Virtue and Humanity, which feem to have been always uppermost in his heart, and» as they were the Conjlant Rule of his aElionsi appear Remarkably in all his writings. Here