239 results match your search:
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Letter from Roger Cotes to William Jones.
(
February 15 1711 )
Language:
English
Author:
Cotes, Roger, 1682-1716
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.257-258, no.90. |
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Letter from Roger Cotes to William Jones.
(
September 30 1711 )
Language:
English
Author:
Cotes, Roger, 1682-1716
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.258-260, no.92 (Rigaud has accidentally labelled both this and the following letter 92;)
General Dictionary, vol.IV, p.444. |
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Unsigned letter of thanks for lending the sender a collection of Newton's mathematical works.
Language:
English
Author:
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Letter from Roger Cotes to William Jones.
(
November 11 1711 )
Language:
English
Author:
Cotes, Roger, 1682-1716
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.260-261, no.92b (Rigaud has mistakenly labelled both this and the preceeding letter "92";)
General Dictionary, vol.IV, p.444. |
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Letter from Roger Cotes to William Jones.
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November 25 1711 )
Language:
English
Author:
Cotes, Roger, 1682-1716
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp261-262, no.93. |
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Letter from Roger Cotes to William Jones.
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February 13 1713 )
Language:
English
Author:
Cotes, Roger, 1682-1716
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.262-264, no.94. |
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Letter from Roger Cotes to William Jones.
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May 5 1716 )
Language:
English
Author:
Cotes, Roger, 1682-1716
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.270-274, no.99. |
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Letter from Francois Derand to William Oughtred (recto); draft reply from Oughtred to Derand (verso.)
(
3 October 1634 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Derand, Francois
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.20-21, nos10-11. Inexplicably, Rigaud finds Derand's handwriting unreadable and therefore gives up transcribing half way through. |
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Letter from Francois Derand to William Oughtred.
(
January 8 1635 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Derand, Francois
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.21-22, no.12. |
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Letter from Francois Derand to Sir Charles Cavendish.
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August 1 1637 )
Language:
French
Author:
Derand, Francois
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.28-29, no.15. |
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Letter from S[amuel] Fermat to Henry Oldenburg.
(
January 1672 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Fermat, S[amuel]
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.182-184, no.70. |
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Letter from John Gascoines to Henry Oldenburg.
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December 15 1675 )
Language:
English
Author:
Gascoines, John
The letter is directed to "Monsieur Grubendol, a Londres" but a note in the left margin of f.101r begins "Mr Gascoines' letter to Mr. Oldenb." and on the back Oldenburg has noted date of receipt and date and contents of reply.
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.221-224, no.82;
Philosophical Transactions, vol.X, p.503. |
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Letter from William Gascoigne to William Oughtred.
(
Dec. 2 1640 )
Language:
English
Author:
Gascoigne, William
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.33-34, no.19. |
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Letter from William Gascoigne to William Oughtred.
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c February 1641 )
Language:
English
Author:
Gascoigne, William
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.35-55, no.20. |
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Letter from John Hales to William Oughtred.
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Oct. 7 1616 )
Language:
English
Author:
Hales, John
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.3-5, no.2. |
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Letter from Edmund Halley to Henry Oldenburg.
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July 10 1676 )
Language:
English
Author:
Halley, Edmund, 1656-1742
"This letter is made up, as it is now printed, from two copies; the one written on four sides of foolscap complete [ff.111-112], and the other, containing the last two pages enlarged, by additional matter, into three [ff.113-114 - by "pages", Rigaud means sides]. This last is a part of what was actually sent to Oldenburg: it has on the back of it a memorandum in his handwriting, "Rec. July 10, 76;" and the identical two first pages, which are wanting in Lord Macclesfield's collection, are preserved in one of the guard books belonging to the Royal Society. Their substance, with some subordinate and unimportant variations, answers to [ff.111-112]." Rigaud.
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.226-236, no.83. |
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Letter from Robert Hooke to Robert Boyle.
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March 21 1666 )
Language:
English
Author:
Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.113-115, no.44. |
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"Experiments and Observations recommended to Mr Hook."
(
1667 )
Language:
English
Author:
f.122a is a scrap of paper containing a few calculations and "D. Clark" (recto) and a diagram of a telescope (verso.) |
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A Paper Concerning Refraction [notes on Newton.]
Language:
English
Author:
Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
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Of Some Experiments about Refraction and Colours made before the R.S. and described by M. Hook.
(
19 June 1672 )
Language:
English
Author:
Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
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Oldenburg's draft Latin translation of Hooke's paper on telescope sights, for Hevelius.
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May 11 1660 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Oldenburg, Henry, c 1618-1677
Original at 9597/13/1/117.
Publications: Hooke's English version reprinted Rigaud, vol.I, pp.179-182, no.69. |
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"Experiments made by Mr Hook at several times and delivered by him to the be enter'd in January 1683/4."
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January 1683 )
Language:
English
Author:
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Translation of a Letter from Christiaan Hugens to Sir Robert Moray.
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July 14 1662 )
Language:
English
Author:
Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695
"At the meeting of the royal Society on the 23rd of July, 1662, "The amanuensis was ordered to translate from the French Mons. Huygens's letter to Sir Rob. Moray," of the 14th of July, 1662. An extract from the original was entered in their Letter Book, and this is probably the translation which was made from it." Rigaud.
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.92-95, no.37. |
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Translation of a Letter from Christiaan Hugens to Sir Robert Moray.
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Aug. 18 1662 )
Language:
English
Author:
Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695
"At a meeting of the Royal Society on 20th of August 1662, the amanuensis was ordered to translate into English, from the French, M. Hugens's letter to Sir Rob. Moray, dated from the Hague the 18th of August. The extract in the original is entered in their Letter Book, and this is probably the translation to which reference is made." Rigaud.
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.95-99, no.38. |
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Copy Letter from Christiaan Hugens to Sir Robert Moray.
(
November 11 1663 )
Language:
French and English
Author:
Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.104-106, no.41. |
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Copy letter from Christiaan Hugens to Sir Robert Moray.
(
November 1663 )
Language:
French
Author:
Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.106, no.42. |
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Copy letter from Christiaan Hugens to Sir Robert Moray.
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October 10 1664 )
Language:
English
Author:
Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695
"This letter was read to the Royal Society on the 12th of October 1664. The present translation is in the handwriting of Oldenburg, who sent a copy of the original to Boyle, as may be seen in the collection of his works, vol. V. p.312." Rigaud.
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp110-113, no.43. |
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Letter from Christiaan Hugens to Sir Robert Moray.
(
November 7 1671 )
Language:
French
Author:
Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.173-175, no.67;
extract printed in Phil. Trans. Vol. VI, p.3026. |
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Letter from Robert Keylway to William Oughtred.
(
October 26 1645 )
Language:
English
Author:
Keylway, Robert
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.63-64, no.23. |
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Keylway's draft of the letter at f.171, written on back of letter from Oughtred to Keylway.
(
October 26 1645 )
Language:
English
Author:
Keylway, Robert
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.63-66, nos 23 & 24. |
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Letter from James Logan to William Jones.
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8 November 1732 )
Language:
English
Author:
Logan, James, 1674-1751
Publications: Rigaud,vol.I, pp.282-284, no.106. |
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Letter from James Logan to William Jones.
(
12 November 1734 )
Language:
English
Author:
Logan, James, 1674-1751
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.284-288, no.107. |
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Letter from James Logan to William Jones.
(
14 June 1736 )
Language:
English
Author:
Logan, James, 1674-1751
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.178-179, no.108. |
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Letter from James Logan to William Jones.
(
25 July 1737 )
Language:
English
Author:
Logan, James, 1674-1751
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.313-319, no.115. |
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Letter from James Logan to William Jones.
(
May 4 1738 )
Language:
English
Author:
Logan, James, 1674-1751
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.327-333, no.118. |
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Letter from James Logan to William Jones.
(
October 16 1738 )
Language:
English
Author:
Logan, James, 1674-1751
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.335-341, no.120. |
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Letter from the Earl of Macclesfield to William Jones.
(
October 28 1742 )
Language:
English
Author:
Parker, George, 1695-1764, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.371-375, no.129. |
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Letter from James Logan to William Jones.
(
March 31 1738 )
Language:
English
Author:
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.323-327, no.117. |
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Letter from John Machin to Edmund Halley.
(
23 July 1706 )
Language:
English
Author:
Machin, John, 1680-1751
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.255-256, no.88. |
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Letter from John Machin.
(
25 January 1715 )
Language:
English
Author:
Machin, John, 1680-1751
"Machin's letter was most probably addressed to Jones, and was certainly communicated to Halley." Rigaud
Publications: Riaguad, vol.I, pp.267-269, no.97. |
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Letter from John Machin to Edmund Halley.
(
2 February 1715 )
Language:
English
Author:
Machin, John, 1680-1751
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, p.269, no.98. |
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Letter from John Machin to Edmund Halley.
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16 July 1716 )
Language:
English
Author:
Machin, John, 1680-1751
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.274-275, no.100. |
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Letter from John Machin to Edmund Halley.
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c 1716 )
Language:
English
Author:
Machin, John, 1680-1751
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.275-276, no.101. |
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Letter from John Machin to William Jones.
(
4 August 1727 )
Language:
English
Author:
Machin, John, 1680-1751
The reason why Rigaud doesn't print this is apparently that it is very critical of Sir Isaac Newton.
Publications: Described but not printed, Rigaud, vol.I, p.280, no.104. |
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Draft letter from William Jones to John Machin.
(
August 4 1727 )
Language:
English
Author:
Jones, William, 1675-1749
Draft reply to f.97.
Publications: Described but not printed, Rigaud, vol.I, p.280, no.104. |
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Letter from John Machin to unknown recipient.
(
September 30 1733 )
Language:
English
Author:
Machin, John, 1680-1751
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.253-256, no.124. |
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Letter from John Machin to Gael Morris.
(
May 3 1739 )
Language:
English
Author:
Morris, Gael
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, p.341, no.121. |
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Letter from John Machin to William Jones.
(
July 30 1736 )
Language:
English
Author:
Machin, John, 1680-1751
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.297-298, no.110. |
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Letter from John Machin to William Jones.
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August 5 1736 )
Language:
English
Author:
Machin, John, 1680-1751
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.298-300, no.111. |
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Miscellaneous mathematical papers of John Machin.
Language:
English
Author:
Machin, John, 1680-1751
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"The Contents of a Letter from Mr MacLaurin to Mr Folkes concerning the Observations of the Solar Eclipse on the 18th February 1737 made in Scotland &c."
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1737 )
Language:
English
Author:
Maclaurin, Colin, 1698-1746
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"Part of A Letter from Monsieur Maupertius to Mr Folkes dated at Paris 12 Feb. 1740 N.S."
(
1740 )
Language:
French
Author:
Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de, 1698-1759
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Letter from Maupertius to William Jones.
(
1 September 1729 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de, 1698-1759
With envelope (f.212a)
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, p.281, no.105. |
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Letter from Pierre Rémond de Montmort to William Jones.
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January 16 1709 )
Language:
French
Author:
Montmort, Pierre Rémond de, 1678-1719
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.256-257, no.89. |
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Letter to William Oughtred with illegible signature, possibly 'Newark' or 'N Ewart.'
(
20 July 1639 )
Language:
English
Author:
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.32-33, no.18. |
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Letter from William Oughtred to Elias Allen.
(
August 20 1638 )
Language:
English
Author:
Oughtred, William, 1574-1660
Enclosed is a 2 foot long impression of a copper plate (f.215b.) This has been photographed in two halves.
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.30-32, no.17. |
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Letter from William Oughtred [the younger?] to Sir Charles Scarburgh.
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January, c 1661 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Oughtred, William [the younger]
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.90-92, no.36. |
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Letter from Ignace Gaston Pardies to Henry Oldenburg.
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October 20 1671 )
Language:
French
Author:
Pardies, Ignace Gaston, 1636-1673
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.170-173, no.66. |
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Letter from John Pell to John Collins, with inserted folio in the hand of Collins.
Language:
English
Author:
Pell, John, 1610-1685
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.132-134, no.53. |
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Letter from Sir William Petty to unknown recipient.
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July 8 1663 )
Language:
English
Author:
Petty, Sir William, Knight, 1623-87
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.101-103, no.40. |
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William Oughtred's own copy of his letter to William Price.
(
6 June 1642 )
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Oughtred, William, 1574-1660
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.60-63, no.22. |
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Letter from William Price to William Oughtred.
(
2 June 1642 )
Language:
English
Author:
Price, William
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.59-60, no.21. |
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Letter from Charles René Reneau to William Jones.
(
23 November 1714 )
Language:
French
Author:
Reneau, Charles René
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.265-267, no.96. |
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Letter from Charles René Reneau to William Jones.
(
29 August 1716 )
Language:
French
Author:
Reneau, Charles René
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.276-278, no.102. |
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Letter from William Richworth to William Oughtred, with separate biographical note on Richworth.
Language:
English
Author:
Richworth, William, d 1637
Richworth corresponded with Oughtred under the name of Robinson.
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.6-8, no.5. |
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Letter from William Richworth to William Oughtred.
Language:
English
Author:
Richworth, William, d 1637
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.11-14, no.7. |
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Letter from William Richworth to William Oughtred.
Language:
English
Author:
Richworth, William, d 1637
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.14-20, no.9. |
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Letter from William Richworth to William Oughtred.
(
July 2 1636 )
Language:
English
Author:
Richworth, William, d 1637
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.24-28, no.14. |
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Letter from Nicholas Sanderson to William Jones.
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February 4 1713 )
Language:
English
Author:
Sanderson, Nicholas, 1683-1739
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.*264-265, no.*95.
(the * notation seems to result from the fact that pp.263-264 are duplicated due to a printing error.) |
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Letter from Nicholas Sanderson to William Jones.
Language:
English
Author:
Sanderson, Nicholas, 1683-1739
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.264-264*, no.95.
(the * notation seems to result from the fact that pp.263-264 are duplicated due to a printing error.) |
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Letter from Richard Shuttleworth to William Oughtred.
(
22 January 1656 )
Language:
English
Author:
Shuttleworth, Richard
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.88-90, no.35. |
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Letter from Richard Stokes to William Oughtred.
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February 6 1654 )
Language:
Author:
Stokes, Richard
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.81-82, no.30. |
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Letter from Brook Taylor to William Jones.
(
5 May 1719 )
Language:
English
Author:
Taylor, Brook, 1685-1731
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.278-280, no.103. |
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Letter from Richard Townelely to John Collins.
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January 4 1671 )
Language:
English
Author:
Towneley, Richard, c 1628-1707
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.184-186, no.71. |
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Letter from Richard Townelely to John Collins.
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April 15 1672 )
Language:
English
Author:
Towneley, Richard, c 1628-1707
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.188-190, no.74. |
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Letter from Richard Townelely to John Collins.
(
May 13 1672 )
Language:
English
Author:
Towneley, Richard, c 1628-1707
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.190-195, no.75. |
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Letter from Johannes Huniades Ungaro Transilvanus to William Oughtred.
(
15 December 1637 )
Language:
English
Author:
Transilvanus, Johannes Huniades Ungaro
Publications: Described but not printed, Rigaud, vol.I, p.30, no.16;
Printed in General Dictionary, vol.VIII, p.83. |
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Letter from John Twysden to William Oughtred.
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February 18 1649 )
Language:
English
Author:
Twysden, John
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.66-72, no.25. |
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Letter from Adrian Verwer to David Gregory.
(
February 1703 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Verwer, Adrian
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.248-253, no.86. |
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Letter from Francis Vernon to John Collins.
(
11 March 1672 )
Language:
English
Author:
Vernon, Francis, c 1637-1677
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.186-187, no.72. |
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Letter from Seth Ward to William Oughtred.
(
January 4 1652 )
Language:
English
Author:
Ward, Seth, 1617-1689, Bishop of Salisbury
f.250b enclosed in the bifolium.
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.92-95, no.27. |
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Letter from John Wallis to William Oughtred.
(
February 5 1654 )
Language:
English
Author:
Wallis, John, 1616-1703
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.79-80, no.29. |
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Letter from John Wallis to William Oughtred.
(
February 28 1654 )
Language:
English
Author:
Wallis, John, 1616-1703
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.85-86, no.32. |
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The dedication by John Wallis of his Arithmetica Infinitorum to William Oughtred.
(
July 19 1655 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Wallis, John, 1616-1703
Publications: Described but not printed, Rigaud, vol.I, p.87, no.33. |
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Mathematical notes by Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus.
Language:
Latin
Author:
Tschirnhaus, Ehrenfried Walter von, 1651-1708
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Unsigned and unaddressed letter, possibly from Gabriel Mouton to John Bertit.
(
10 June 1671 )
Language:
French
Author:
Mouton, Gabriel, 1618-1694
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.168-169, no.65. |
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Letter from Robert Hooke to Henry Oldenburg.
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c 1667 )
Language:
English
Author:
Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.129-130, no.51. |
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"A direct geometricall process to find the Aphelian eccentricities and proportions of the orbs of the primary planets."
Language:
English
Author:
Copied from Philosophical Transactions, vol. 128. |
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Letter From William King, Archbishop of Dublin to the Bishop of Clogher.
Language:
English
Author:
King, William, 1688-1729, Archbishop of Dublin
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.253-255, no.87. |
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Page of geometrical notes.
Language:
Latin
Author:
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Two treatises copied in the same hand: "de apparentibus in luna maculis" and "de speculo Archimedes."
Language:
Latin
Author:
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"Aequatio Cartesiana."
Language:
Author:
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Two different drafts of a document entitled: "The business of the officiating secretary of the R. Society."
Language:
Author:
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Various mathematical papers in the hand of John Collins.
Language:
Author:
Collins, John, 1625-1683
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"A General Method for Exterminating Quantities."
Language:
English
Author:
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Some mathematical papers of William Jones.
Language:
English
Author:
Jones, William, 1675-1749
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Diagrams of mechanical devices with French annotations.
Language:
French
Author:
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On Robert Hooke's astronomical theories.
Language:
Latin
Author:
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Letter from Edmund Halley to Henry Oldenburg.
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July 11 1676 )
Language:
English
Author:
Halley, Edmund, 1656-1742
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.236-237, no.84. |
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Copy of a portion of 9597/13/1/117 concerning telescopic sights for use with sextants, copied and annotated by Oldenburg.
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c 1671 )
Language:
English
Author:
Oldenburg, Henry, c 1618-1677
Publications: Variant (draft?) of part of Rigaud, vol.I, pp.179-182, no.69. |
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Letter from Robert Hooke for Johannes Hevelius via Henry Oldenburg.
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c 1671 )
Language:
English
Author:
Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
Includes additions in the hand of Oldenburg.
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.179-182, no.69. |
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Minutes of a meeting of the Royal Society.
Language:
English
Author:
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Observations of a Bubble of Water and Soap.
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March 1672 )
Language:
Author:
Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
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Concerning Arithemetick Instruments.
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May 7 1673 )
Language:
English
Author:
Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
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Account of magnetism experiment.
Language:
Author:
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Letter from William Alabaster to William Oughtred.
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27 August 1633 )
Language:
English
Author:
Alabaster, William, 1567-1640
Publications: Described in Rigaud, vol.I, p.14, no.8;
printed in General Dictionary, vol.VIII, p.80. |
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Letter from Richard Allin to John Weekes.
(
24 April 1711 )
Language:
English
Author:
Allin, Richard
Publications: Described in Rigaud, vol.I, p.258, no.91. |
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Letter from Christopher Anderson to Robert Scott.
(
22 November 1673 )
Language:
English
Author:
Anderson, Christopher
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.301-305, no.112. |
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Letter from George Anderson to William Jones.
(
August 28 1736 )
Language:
English
Author:
Anderson, George
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.301-305, no.112. |
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Contents page.
Language:
English
Author:
Parker family, Earls of Macclesfield
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Observations sent with letter from Gascoigne to Oughtred, c February 1641 [9597/13/5/104-107.]
(
c February 1641 )
Language:
English
Author:
Gascoigne, William
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.55-59, no.20. |
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Letter from George Anderson to William Jones.
(
July 21 1737 )
Language:
English
Author:
Anderson, George
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.319-323, no.116. |
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Letter from George Anderson to William Jones.
Language:
English
Author:
Anderson, George
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.311-312, no.114. |
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Letter from George Anderson to William Jones.
(
May 10 1739 )
Language:
English
Author:
Anderson, George
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.342-346, no.122. |
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Letter from George Anderson to William Jones.
(
September 17 1739 )
Language:
English
Author:
Anderson, George
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.346-353, no.123. |
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Unidentified diagram.
Language:
Author:
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630
A cross-shaped grid |
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Dodecahedron Plan.
Language:
Author:
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630
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Geometrical Notes.
Language:
Author:
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630
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Letter from George Anderson to William Jones.
(
September 16/27 1740 )
Language:
English
Author:
Anderson, George
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.360-366, no.126. |
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Table of Latitude and Longtitude.
Language:
Author:
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630
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Dodecahedron Plan and Other Notes.
Language:
Author:
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630
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Orbital Diagram.
Language:
Author:
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630
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Unidentified Diagram.
Language:
Author:
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630
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Comparative Table of Ancient Measures.
Language:
Author:
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630
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Unidentified diagram.
Language:
Author:
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630
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Geometrical Diagram.
Language:
Author:
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630
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Letter from Robert Austin to William Oughtred.
(
December 3 1652 )
Language:
English
Author:
Austin, Robert
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.72-74, no.26. |
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Letter from Robert Austin to William Oughtred.
(
November 1 1653 )
Language:
English
Author:
Austin, Robert
Publications: Rigaud,vol.I, pp.76-79, no.28. |
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Letter from Adrien Auzout to Henry Oldenburg.
(
August 24 1673 )
Language:
French
Author:
Auzout, Adrien, 1622-1691
The name of the addressee is missing, but on f.22v there is a note in Oldenburg's hand of the date of receipt and date and contents of reply.
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.206-210, no.78. |
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Letter from Thomas Baker to John Collins.
(
20 July 1676 )
Language:
English
Author:
Baker, Thomas, 1625-1690
Publications: Rigaud, vol.II, pp.1-4, no.130. |
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Letter from John Collins to Thomas Baker.
(
August 19 1676 )
Language:
English
Author:
Collins, John, 1625-1683
Publications: Rigaud, vol.II, pp.4-10, no.131. |
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Letter from Thomas Baker to John Collins.
(
December 27 1676 )
Language:
English
Author:
Baker, Thomas, 1625-1690
Publications: Rigaud, vol.II, pp.10-13, no.132. |
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Letter from George Anderson to William Jones.
(
July 21 1736 )
Language:
English
Author:
Anderson, George
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.293-297, no.109. |
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Letter from George Anderson to William Jones.
(
October 28 1736 )
Language:
English
Author:
Anderson, George
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.306-310, no.113. |
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Letter from Thomas Baker to John Collins.
(
March 15 1676 )
Language:
English
Author:
Baker, Thomas, 1625-1690
Publications: Rigaud, vol.II, pp.16-19, no.134. |
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Letter from Thomas Baker to John Collins.
(
April 10 1677 )
Language:
English
Author:
Baker, Thomas, 1625-1690
Publications: Rigaud, vol.II, pp.19-20, no.135. |
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Letter from John Collins to Thomas Baker.
(
April 24 1677 )
Language:
English
Author:
Baker, Thomas, 1625-1690
Publications: Rigaud, vol.II, pp.20-22, no.136. |
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Letter from John Collins to Thomas Baker.
(
May 23 1677 )
Language:
English
Author:
Collins, John, 1625-1683
Publications: Rigaud, vol.II, pp.23-26, no.137. |
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Letter from Thomas Baker to John Collins.
(
June 15 1677 )
Language:
English
Author:
Baker, Thomas, 1625-1690
Publications: Rigaud, vol.II, pp.27-31, no.38. |
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Letter from Thomas Baker [probably] to John Collins.
(
September 4 1678 )
Language:
English
Author:
Baker, Thomas, 1625-1690
Publications: Rigaud, vol.II, pp.31-32, no.139. |
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Letter from Edward Bernard to John Collins.
(
April 3 1671 )
Language:
English
Author:
Bernard, Edward, 1638-1697
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.158-160, no.61. |
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Letter from Edward Bernard to John Collins.
(
March 14 1672 )
Language:
English
Author:
Bernard, Edward, 1638-1697
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.187-188, no.73. |
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Letter from John Bertit to John Collins.
(
January 26 1671 )
Language:
English
Author:
Bertit, John
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.157-158, no.60. |
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Letter from Giovanni Alphonso Borelli to John Collins.
(
10 April 1671 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Borelli, Giovanni Alphonso, 1608-1679
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.165-166, no.63. |
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Letter from Thomas Brancker to John Collins.
(
December 28 1667 )
Language:
English
Author:
Brancker, Thomas, 1633-1676
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.130-131, no.52;
General Dictionary, vol.X, p.544. |
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Letter from Thomas Brancker to John Collins.
(
May 10 1671 )
Language:
English
Author:
Brancker, Thomas, 1633-1676
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.166-167, no.64. |
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Letter from John Collins to Thomas Brancker.
Language:
English
Author:
Collins, John, 1625-1683
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.134-137, no.54. |
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Letter from Henry Briggs to Ralph Clarke.
(
February 25 1606 )
Language:
English
Author:
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.1-3, no.1. |
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For the Delineation of the Ruler.
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630
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Letter from John Welles to Henry Briggs.
(
January 9 1621 )
Language:
English
Author:
Welles, John
Publications: Rigaud, vol. I, pp.5-6, no.3. |
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Letter from Martin Briggs to Henry Briggs.
(
February 4 1628 )
Language:
English
Author:
Briggs, Martin
Publications: Described but not printed, Rigaud, vol.I, p.6, no.4. |
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A Breviat for Forbearance of Monie at 8 percent per Annum.
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630
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Letter from Sir Charles Cavendish to William Oughtred.
(
February 11 1635 )
Language:
English
Author:
Cavendish, Sir Charles
f.63* is a scrap of paper containing notes on biblical chronology.
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.22-24, no.13;
General Dictionary, vol.VIII, p.81. |
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Draft Letter from John Collins to Francis Vernon.
(
14 December 1671 )
Language:
English
Author:
Collins, John, 1625-1683
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.176-179, no.68. |
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Draft Letter from John Collins to Francis Vernon.
(
April 4 1671 )
Language:
English
Author:
Collins, John, 1625-1683
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.160-165, no.62. |
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Draft Letter from John Collins to Francis Vernon.
Language:
English
Author:
Collins, John, 1625-1683
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.151-156, no.59. |
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Draft Letter from John Collins to Francis Vernon.
(
February 7 1672 )
Language:
English
Author:
Collins, John, 1625-1683
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.139-142, no.56. |
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Draft Letter from John Collins to Henry Oldenburg for Slusius.
Language:
English
Author:
Collins, John, 1625-1683
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.130-131, no.57.
General Dictionary, vol.X, p.544. |
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Draft Letter from John Collins to Henry Oldenburg for Tschirnhaus.
(
September 30 1675 )
Language:
English
Author:
Collins, John, 1625-1683
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.211-220, no.80. |
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Draft Letter from John Collins to Henry Oldenburg for Leibnitz.
(
c 1700 )
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Collins, John, 1625-1683
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.243-248, no. 85. |
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Draft Letter from John Collins to Slusius.
(
c 1670 )
Language:
English
Author:
Collins, John, 1625-1683
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.147-150, no.58. |
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Draft Letter from John Collins to John Pell.
(
August 28 1666 )
Language:
English
Author:
Collins, John, 1625-1683
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.115-119, no.45. |
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Draft Letter from John Collins to Sir John Frederick.
(
June 24 1673 )
Language:
English
Author:
Collins, John, 1625-1683
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.204-206, no.77. |
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Draft Letter from John Collins to Dr John Beale.
(
August 20 1672 )
Language:
English
Author:
Collins, John, 1625-1683
Publications: Rigaud, vol.I, pp.195-204, no.76. |
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Draft letters from John Collins to various recipients.
(
4 December 1666 )
Language:
English
Author:
Collins, John, 1625-1683
f.86 - to John Pell (December 4)
f.87 - to Mr Branker; To Mr John Templar of Braybrooke
f.88 - possibly to Dr Pell
f.89 - to Dr Pell (9 April 1667)
Publications: Rigaud, pp.119-129, nos 46-50. |
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Propositions on Elliptic Motion
(
March 1690 )
Language:
English
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
A simpler set of demonstrations of the properties of elliptical motion written by Newton for John Locke (who was an early reader of the Principia.) This is Newton's own copy, and differs somewhat from Locke's (which was incompletely published in W.W. Rou
Publications: Printed in A.R. Hall and M.B. Hall, "Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton" (Cambridge, 1962,) pp.293-301. |
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A fragment in which Fluxions are employed in finding the Centripetal force in an Orbit.
(
c 1690 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Possibly continued on 4v.
Publications: Discussed, transcribed and [in the case of 5r] reproduced in facsimile M.P. VI, 3.2, pp.589-593; 596-599.
See also W.W. Rouse Ball, 'A Newtonian Fragment relating to Centripetal Forces', Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, 23, 1892: 226-231 |
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Propositions afterwards included in the Principia, but differently numbered.
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Written in the hand of Humphrey Newton. |
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An early partial Principia draft.
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Written in the hand of Humphrey Newton. |
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A portion of the first major revision of "De Motu Corporum."
(
Early 1685 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Publications: M.P. VI, 1.2, pp.92-96. First published in A.R. Hall and M.B. Hall, "Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton" (Cambridge, 1962,) pp.239-241, and also in J.W. Herivel, "The Background to Newton's Principia" (Oxford, 1966,) pp.315-316. |
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Papers relating to the first (unpublished) revision of Principia.
(
1691 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
"Section 6 - Originally this had a jumble of miscellaneous sheets relating to Principia (and mostly written in the 1690s.) I have now reordered this as follows:
ff. 38/39 are now in 3960.11 (as ff.195/196.)
ff. 33-34 (date c. 1710-12) are now in 3965.1
Publications: 3965.6: 37 discussed in M.P. VI, 3.1, pp.548-550.
3965.6: 27-32 transcribed in M.P. VI. 3.2, pp.568-593, along with 3965.12: 183 & 188-189.
ff.36-37 discussed in Isaac Cohen, "Introduction to Newton's Principia" (Cambridge, 1971,) pp.167-170. |
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Corrections to the first edition of Principia.
(
c. 1690 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Pace the 1888 catalogue, these papers contain corrections to the first edition of Principia and are not pre-publication draft.
Publications: M.P. VI, 3.1, Appendix I, pp.562-565, 571. Transcription of a section of 3965.8: 86r incorrectly named as 3965.6: 86r. |
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A Humphrey Newton transcription of an amended version of "De motu corporum."
(
c December 1684 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Humphrey Newton's transcription of Newton's corrected primary autograph (Add. 3965.7: 55-62) amplified by an augmented set of introductory 'Definitions' and by new 'scholia' to Theorum 4 and Problem 5 and further altered and slightly amended by Newton's o
Publications: M.P. VI, 1.1, Appendix I, pp.74-80. This version of "De Motu" first published in full (but interblended the table of contents made by Halley at the head of another version) in A.R. Hall and M.B. Hall, "Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton" (Camb |
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Proposed corrections to Principia, probably suggested by Edmund Halley.
(
c 1686 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Halley, Edmund, 1656-1742
Isaac Cohen uses these folios as evidence for a lost three book draft of Principia, from which Humphrey Newton copied the version eventually sent via Halley to the Royal Society for printing (Cohen, pp.336-344.) He also discusses the probability of Halle
Publications: Mentioned in M.P. VI, p.98.
Discussed in detail in Isaac Cohen, "Introduction to Newton's Principia," pp.124-127; pp.336-344. |
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Report on Samuel Hawksbee's experiments.
(
c 1710 )
Language:
English
Author:
Hawksbee, Francis, 1687-1763
Publications: Mentioned in I.B. Cohen, "Introduction to Newton's Principia" (Cambridge, 1971,) pp.99-100. |
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Notes relating to Calculation of orbits of Comets.
(
c 1690 )
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Probably in preparation for the second edition of Principia. |
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Miscellaneous additions and corrections to the first edition of Principia.
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Publications: ff.181-187 discussed and transcribed in M.P. VI, 3.1, pp.542-543; 546-557.
f.181 discussed in Isaac Cohen, "Introduction to Newton's Principia" (Cambridge, 1971,) pp.170, 172. |
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Miscellaneous additions and corrections to the second edition of Principia.
(
1713 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
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Observations and Calculations about Comets.
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
f.551r is a letter signed "Eliz[abe]th Johnson." |
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Draft of part of the preface to the first edition of the Principia. Not quite as printed, in part fuller. Together with the printed prefatory poem by Edmund Halley, slightly amended by hand.
(
Spring 1687 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Much interlineated and corrected. There is a fair copy by an amanuensis at Add. 3963, f.183, which differs slightly from this.
Publications: A.R. Hall and M.B. Hall, "Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton" (Cambridge, 1962,) pp.302-311. |
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Drafts of the preface to the third edition of Principia.
(
1724 )
Language:
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Publications: Printed in A. Koyre and I.B. Cohen, "Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica," vol.II (Cambridge, 1972,) appendix VII, pp.848-850. |
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Miscellaneous "very rough fragments" relating to the Principia.
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Publications: f.634 discussed at M.P. VI. 3.2, p.577. |
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Miscellaneous Unidentified Calculations.
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
f.652 contains a letter from Mary and Ann Davies.
f.728r is a letter from Benjamin Smith, Newton's brother.
Publications: Letter at f.652 published in R.S. Westfall, "Never at Rest" (Cambridge, 1980,) p.858. |
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Corrections to the first edition of the Principia - badly damaged by fire.
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
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A copy of Edmund Halley's account of the Principia given to King James II.
(
c July 1687 )
Language:
English
Author:
Halley, Edmund, 1656-1742
Publications: First published London 1687 and reprinted 'by demand' in 'Philosophical Transactions', 19, (1695-7,) pp.445-457, as 'The true theory of the tides, as extracted from the admirable treatise of Mr Isaac Newton, intituled Philosopiae naturalis principia mathe |
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"Propositiones de Motu" [A Humphrey Newton transcription of De Motu Corporum.]
(
Autumn 1684 )
Language:
English
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
The unamended text is very similar to the two known contemporary transcripts of the putative fair copy sent to London in November 1684 and entered around early December in the Royal Society's Register Book (6: ff.218-234.) The other existing copy (Add. 3
Publications: First published by J.W. Herivel in, "The Background to Newton's Principia. A Study of Dynamical Researches in the Years 1664-84" (Oxford, 1966,) pp.257-274.
Also published in M.P. VI, 1.1, pp.31-74. |
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"Propositiones de Motu" [Edmund Halley's transcription of De Motu Corporum.]
(
c December 1684 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Edmund Halley's transcription of portions of the first five propositions of De Motu Corporum. Probably transcribed from the putative Humphrey Newton fair copy sent to London in November 1684 and entered into the Royal Society's Register Book (6: ff.218-2 |
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De motu corporum in mediis regulariter cedentibus
(
1684 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Written in the hand of Humphrey Newton and amended in the hand of Isaac Newton, this is an amplified version of the opening of Add. 3965.7: 40-54, demonstrating its rapid development into Add. 3965.5: 21-22.
Publications: M.P. VI, 1.2, Appendix I, pp.188-194. First published (with multiple errors) in J.W. Herivel, The Background to Newton's Principia (Oxford, 1966,) pp.304-317. See also I.B. Cohen, Intorduction to Newton's Principia (Cambridge, 1971,) pp.93-95. |
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Newton's preliminary work following Bernoulli's critique of Principia Book II Proposition X.
(
September 1712 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Continued from f.109.
Publications: M.P. VIII, 1.6, Appendix 2, pp.391-395.
Also mentioned in I.B. Cohen, Introduction to Newton's Principia (Cambridge, 1971,) p.100. |
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Draft of a corollary to a 'Prop. XVIII' (not Prop. XVIII of any printed version of Principia.)
(
c 1685 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Apparently an early version of the Scholium Generale which concludes Sec. IV of the 1687 first edition of Principia but is moved to Sec. VI in the 1713 and 1726 editions.
Publications: Discussed in I.B. Cohen, "Introduction to Newton's Principia" (Cambridge, 1971,) pp.100-104. |
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A near final draft of parts of Principia Prop. XXXV - XXXVI.
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
3965.10: 134 represents a final revision of this manuscript and is virtually identical to the printed version (I.B. Cohen, Introduction to Newton's Principia (Cambridge, 1971,) p.107.)
Publications: Discussed in I.B. Cohen, "Introduction to Newton's Principia" (Cambridge, 1971,) pp.105-107. |
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Miscellaneous calculations and experiment results.
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
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Newton's preliminary work following Bernoulli's critique of Principia Book II Proposition X, together with notes on coinage, history and other subjects.
(
September 1712 )
Language:
Latin, English & Greek
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Continued on f.103r.
Publications: M.P. VIII, 1.6, Appendix 2, pp.391-395.
Recto reproduced in A.R. and M.B. Hall, "Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton" (Cambridge, 1962,) Plate III.
See also I.B. Cohen, "Introduction to Newton's Principia" (Cambridge, 1971,) p.100. |
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Letter from Sir Joseph Tily, probably to Isaac Newton, covered with autograph notes relating to the Principia.
(
24 November 1707 )
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
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Results of an experiment involving lead balls.
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
|
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Miscellaneous Calculations.
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
|
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Comparison of the weights of balls in water and in air.
Language:
English
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
|
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Miscellaneous notes.
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
|
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Early draft of a corollary and a scholium from the Principia.
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
|
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Miscellaneous notes.
(
27 July 1719 )
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
|
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Letter from J [or I] Leon to Isaac Newton, reused for Newton's own calculations.
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
|
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Table of figures comparing Newton, Halley and three others.
Language:
Author:
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Miscellaneous notes on oscillation etc.
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
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Notes on fluid inertia and fusiform bodies.
(
c 1710 )
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Possibly used in Newton's revision of Book II of Principia undertaken around 1710.
Publications: Discussed, transcribed and translated in I.B. Cohen, "Introduction to Newton's Principia" (Cambridge, 1971,) pp.108-109, 322-326. Plate 9 is a photograph of f.128v. |
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Badly fire-damaged fragment of early Principia draft.
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Proposition numbers not filled in. |
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Miscellaneous notes and calculations.
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
On 133v there is a fragment of pre-first edition Principia draft. |
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A draft of parts of Principia Prop. XXXV - XXXVI.
(
1685 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
A revise of f.106, virtually identical with the version published in the first edition of Principia.
Publications: M.P. VI, 2.I, Appendix I, pp.466-469. |
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Newton's final attempt to recast Principia Book II, Proposition X taking account of Bernoulli's critique, but leaving the basic form intact.
(
c late autumn 1712 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Publications: M.P. VIII, I.6, p.354; p.355; Appendix 2, pp.404-410; Appendix 3, pp.415-419.
Also discussed in I.B. Cohen, Introduction to Newton's Principia (Cambridge, 1971,) pp.107-108. |
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Draft of Principia Proposition XXXV, Problem VIII.
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
|
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Draft of parts of Principia, Propositions XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV and XL.
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
|
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Draft of Principia Proposition XL, Problem X.
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
|
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Notes on experiment involving various balls.
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
|
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Rough notes and calculations.
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Probably preliminary work for the first edition of Principia. |
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Draft Letter from Newton to Locke (subsequently sent on 2 August 1692 - see Correspondence, vol. 3, 217-219); miscellaneous calculations associated with revision of the Principia.
(
Summer 1692 )
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Publications: Discussed in M.P. VI, 2.2, appendix, p.506. |
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A stage in the revision of Principia Book I.
(
c. 1692 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Publications: M.P. VI, 3.3, pp.600-609.
Isaac Cohen, "Introduction to Newton's Principia" (Cambridge, 1971,) pp.171-172. |
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Drafts of the Scholium Generale.
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Includes list of prospective recipients of presentation copies.
Publications: A.R. Hall and M.B. Hall, "Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton" (Cambridge, 1962,) pp.348-363.
See also I.B. Cohen, "Introduction to Newton's Principia," p.246. |
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Newton's reworking of Principia, Book II, Proposition X, following Bernoulli's critique.
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September 1712 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Was probably composed in the following order: f.196r, f.197v, f.197r, f.196v
Publications: M.P. VIII, I.6, pp.312-337. |
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Newton's reworking of Principia, Book II, Proposition X, following Bernoulli's critique.
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c October 1712 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
219v and 220v filled out from f.200v. This is the document in which Newton finally arrives at the correct solution.
Publications: M.P. VIII, 1.6, pp.330-337; appendix 2, pp.398-401. |
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Newton's reworking of Principia, Book II, Proposition X, following Bernoulli's critique.
(
Autumn 1712 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Add 2968.18: 261r lightly remodelled (and now correct!)
Publications: M.P. VIII, 1.6; pp.346-355; Appendix 2, pp.403-404. |
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Newton's reworking of Principia, Book II, Proposition X, following Bernoulli's critique.
(
September 1712 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Publications: M.P. VIII, 1.6, pp.324-331. |
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Newton's reworking of Principia, Book II, Proposition X, following Bernoulli's critique.
(
c late autumn 1712 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
There is some evidence to suggest that this is the version of the solution that Newton originally intended to transmit to Bernoulli (see M.P. ff.339-340.) It is amended in Newton's hand in the usual manner.
Publications: M.P. VIII, I.6, ff.338-346. |
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Newton's reworking of Principia, Book II, Proposition X, following Bernoulli's critique.
(
late autumn 1712 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Rough outline of the material in ff.190-191.
Publications: Mentioned in M.P. I.6, p.338. |
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Newton's reworking of Principia, Book II, Proposition X, following Bernoulli's critique.
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Winter 1712 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Very close to the final, definitive version (now Trinity College. R.16.38:262-265) that Newton sent to his editor, Roger Cotes, on 6 January 1712/13.
Publications: M.P. VIII, I.6, ff.354-372. |
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Late addendum to Principia Book II, Proposition X.
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c 1715 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Publications: M.P. VIII, 1.6, appendix 4, pp.421-422. |
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Late addendum to Principia Book II, Proposition X.
(
c 1715 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Publications: M.P. VIII, 1.6, appendix 4, pp.422-424. |
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Proposed Corrections for the first edition of the Principia.
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c 1690 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Sixteen lines in Newton's hand referring to page and line numbers in the first edition of Principia.
Publications: See I Cohen, "Introduction to Newton's Principia" (Cambridge, 1971,) p.336. |
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Proposed revisions of the second law of motion.
(
1692 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Publications: I.B. Cohen, "Introduction to Newton's Principia" (Cambridge, 1971,) pp.163-166. |
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Miscellaneous additions and corrections to the first edition of Principia.
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Includes the draft of the statement praising Nicolas Fatio de Duillier in the text of the proposed Corollary 4 to Proposition VI.
Publications: See I.B. Cohen, "Introduction to Newton's Principia," p.185. |
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Corrections to the second edition of Principia, possibly part of a draft letter to Henry Pemberton.
Language:
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
Publications: See A. Koyre and I.B. Cohen, "Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica," vol.II (Cambridge, 1972,) appendix IV, pp.827-847. |
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Miscellaneous additions and corrections to the first edition of Principia.
(
c 1688 )
Language:
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
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Miscellaneous additions and corrections to the first edition of Principia.
(
c 1688 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
ff. 230 is a letter to Newton that he has reused as rough paper. |
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Miscellaneous additions and corrections to the first edition of Principia.
(
c 1688 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
ff. 288 is a letter to Newton (signed "Woodward, Gresh[am] Coll[ege]") that he has reused as rough paper. |
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Miscellaneous additions and corrections to the first edition of Principia.
(
c 1688 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
ff.314-317 not Newton autograph. |
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Miscellaneous additions and corrections to the second edition of Principia.
(
1713 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
f.408r contains a letter from I (or J) Price to Newton.
f.421v contains a letter from Peter Gartner, probably to Newton. |
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Miscellaneous additions and corrections to the second edition of Principia.
(
1713 )
Language:
Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
f.489v contains a letter from William Howard. |
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Miscellaneous additions and corrections to the second edition of Principia.
(
1713 )
Language:
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
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Miscellaneous "very rough fragments" relating to the Principia.
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
f.638*r is a letter from Margaret Barton Warner, Newton's Niece, thanking him for the present of some wine.
f.659r is a letter form Thomas Sampson.
f.652 is a letter from Mary and Ann Davies.
Publications: The letter at f.638*r is discussed in Richard S. Westfall, "Never at Rest" (Cambridge, 1980,) p.856.
The letter at f.652r is reproduced in Westfall, p.859. |
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Observations of the Comet of 1680.
(
1680 )
Language:
English
Author:
Hill, Thomas
This was sent to Newton by John Flamsteed. |
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Observations and Calculations about Comets.
Language:
English and Latin
Author:
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727
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