Book III
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Book III is the final section of Newton’s *Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica*, in which he applies his laws of motion and universal gravitation to explain the motions of celestial bodies and the structure of the solar system.
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| Book III canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book III Context triple: [Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, dividedInto, Book III]
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Book III
Book III is the section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract* that focuses on the nature, forms, and functioning of government in relation to the sovereign people.
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Book III
Book III is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" that focuses on the nature, use, and limitations of language in human knowledge.
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Book III
Book III is one of the sections of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, which laid the foundations of the heliocentric model of the solar system.
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Book III
Book III is a section of Washington Irving’s satirical work *A History of New York*, continuing its humorous mock-historical narrative of the city’s early days.
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Book IV
Book IV is the concluding section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding," in which he develops his influential theory of knowledge, including the nature, extent, and limits of human understanding.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book III Target entity description: Book III is the final section of Newton’s *Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica*, in which he applies his laws of motion and universal gravitation to explain the motions of celestial bodies and the structure of the solar system.
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Book III
Book III is a section of Washington Irving’s satirical work *A History of New York*, continuing its humorous mock-historical narrative of the city’s early days.
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B.
Book III
Book III is the section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract* that focuses on the nature, forms, and functioning of government in relation to the sovereign people.
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C.
Book III
Book III is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" that focuses on the nature, use, and limitations of language in human knowledge.
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D.
Book III
Book III is one of the sections of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, which laid the foundations of the heliocentric model of the solar system.
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E.
Book IV
Book IV is the concluding section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract*, where he further develops his ideas on sovereignty, civil religion, and the functioning of a legitimate political community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book section ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
comets
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moons ⓘ planets ⓘ the Sun ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Newton ⓘ |
| basedOn |
results of Book I (Principia)
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results of Book II (Principia) ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
inverse-square law of attraction
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universal gravitation ⓘ |
| contains | Rules of Reasoning in Philosophy ⓘ |
| demonstrates |
Sun-centered planetary system
ⓘ
gravitational attraction between all masses ⓘ |
| discipline |
astronomy
ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| explains |
Kepler's laws of planetary motion
ⓘ
linked to:
Kepler’s laws of planetary motion
cometary orbits ⓘ elliptical planetary orbits ⓘ irregularities in planetary motions ⓘ motion of the Moon ⓘ precession of the equinoxes ⓘ stability of the solar system ⓘ tides ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
application of laws of motion
ⓘ
application of universal gravitation ⓘ motions of celestial bodies ⓘ structure of the solar system ⓘ |
| genre | mathematical physics ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | System of the World ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
empirical tests of gravitational theory
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gravitational explanation of planetary motions ⓘ mass distribution in the solar system ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Scientific Revolution ⓘ |
| influenced |
18th-century astronomy
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development of celestial mechanics ⓘ subsequent theories of the solar system ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ⓘ |
| positionInWork |
final book
ⓘ
third book ⓘ |
| publicationContext | first published with Principia in 1687 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | celestial mechanics ⓘ |
| supportsTheory | heliocentrism ⓘ |
| usesTheory |
Newtonian mechanics
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law of universal gravitation ⓘ |
| workType | scientific treatise section ⓘ |
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Subject: Book III Description of subject: Book III is the final section of Newton’s *Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica*, in which he applies his laws of motion and universal gravitation to explain the motions of celestial bodies and the structure of the solar system.
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