| RefNo | MS/81/2 |
| Previous numbers | MS.81.1b |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Isaac Barrow to John Collins, dated at Trinity College Cambridge |
| Date | 31 July 1669 |
| Description | Discusses possible printing of his lectures and of his "paperbook", unsure whether they are fit for publication and defers to Collins on the matter. Mentions having never read [Vincent] Wing's book [likely Astronomia Britannica, 1669].
Sending the papers of "his friend" [Isaac Newton], asking to confirm receipt of the papers as worried about sending them by the post, they are to be returned to Barrow after Collins has read them.
Annotated at the back in different hand: "Barrow to Collins July 21 1669", with some sums; and top right corner "N.1 p.66".
Last paragraph referring to Newton papers printed page 2 in first edition (1712) of Commercium Epistolicum and p. 66 of second edition (1722) |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2pp. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Printed in 'Commercium Epistolicum' 1722 edition, page 65-6, paragraph I |
| RelatedRecord | MS/81/4 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7960 | Barrow; Isaac (1630 - 1677); mathematician and theologian | 1630 - 1677 |
| NA2898 | Collins; John (1625 - 1683); mathematician and scientific administrator | 1625 - 1683 |