Assertion: newton | /r/CapableOf | give demonstration of this
Facets:
value: in the principia
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: His work extensively uses calculus in geometric form based on limiting values of the ratios of vanishingly small quantities: in the Principia itself, Newton gave demonstration of this under the name of "the method of first and last ratios" and explained why he put his expositions in this form, remarking also that "hereby the same thing is performed as by the method of indivisibles.