| Reference number | EL/N1/36 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642-1727); natural philosopher; mathematician |
| Date | 19 March 1671 |
| Description | Discussing the reflecting telescope; discussing the telescope by the fellow mentioned in EL/N1/35; states that these observations can be printed in 'Philosophical Transactions' but that his comments on Hooke's observations will not be ready for two weeks.
Read to the Royal Society on 21 March 1671 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcription in 'The correspondence of Isaac Newton', ed by H W Turnbull (Cambridge, 1959), vol 1, p 121
Summarised in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, p 604
B&W negative, Box N101. IM/005326 |
| Related records in the catalogue | IM/005326 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/eaf0584c-38a2-4079-bf2f-94892f7d5853 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA8414 | Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician | 1642 - 1727 |