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* The Naval Trident by Duncan (Book 1 Chapter 4) - Possibly <i>The British Trident, or, Register of Naval Actions</i> by Archibald Duncan, first published in 1804? | * The Naval Trident by Duncan (Book 1 Chapter 4) - Possibly <i>The British Trident, or, Register of Naval Actions</i> by Archibald Duncan, first published in 1804? | ||
* An English translation of the <i>Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica</i> by Isaac Newton, 1687. The translation may have been the one done by Andrew Motte in 1729. [[Laurence]] was prepared to bring his Latin up to snuff to read the book to [[Temeraire]] in the original, but he was probably just as happy to find a translation. This becomes Temeraire's favourite book, almost sort of a bedtime story for him. | * An English translation of the <i>Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica</i> by Isaac Newton, 1687. The translation may have been the one done by Andrew Motte in 1729. [[Laurence]] was prepared to bring his Latin up to snuff to read the book to [[Temeraire]] in the original, but he was probably just as happy to find a translation. This becomes Temeraire's favourite book, almost sort of a bedtime story for him. | ||
− | * A book by (Pierre-Simon) Laplace, possibly one of the first four volumes of the <i>Mécanique céleste</i> published 1799-1805. Laurence finds this book to be somewhat heavy going | + | * A book by (Pierre-Simon) Laplace, possibly one of the first four volumes of the <i>Mécanique céleste</i> published 1799-1805. Laurence finds this book to be somewhat heavy going. |
− | + | * A book by Gibbon, the second volume (Book 2 Chapter 3) | |
− | * A book by Gibbon, the second volume (Book 2 Chapter 3) | + | * A French translation of the Arabian Nights (Book 2 Chapter 10) |
− | * A French translation of the Arabian Nights (Book 2 Chapter 10) | + | * Die Leiden des jungen Werther (Book 3 Chapter 11) |
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