A corrected manuscript copy of De la nouvelle Philosophie de Newton. The text presents variations on the versions printed in 1738 at Ledet in Amsterdam. The text seeks to introduce Newtonian ideas into France. This is bound with a manuscript copy of Essay sur la nature de feu et sur sa propagation published in 1738 by l’Académie des sciences de Paris.

A series of scientific notes relating to the principles of Newtonian gravitation. The longest set of notes concerns the conclusions drawn by Voltaire from the work of Broadley on the progression of light and the movements of the Earth which were published in les Élémens de la philosophie de Neuton (Amsterdam, 1738). Another, illustrated with several figures and equations, reflects on the illumination of celestial bodies. The third recounts pendulum experiments of gravitation.