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On 30 June 1686 the council resolved to license Newton's book, entitled ''Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica''.
 
===Illness in 1693===
 
In 1692 and 1693 Newton seems to have had a serious illness, the nature of which has given rise to a considerable dispute, though in letters Newton alludes to not sleeping several nights in a row. The loss of sleep to a person of Newton's temperament must have led to a great deal of nervous excitability.{{cn|date=September 2017}}
 
==See also==