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Reference numberEL/N1/44
LevelItem
TitleExtract of a letter, from Isaac Newton to John Collins
CreatorNewton; Sir; Isaac (1642-1727); natural philosopher; mathematician
Date1672
DescriptionOriginal letter dated 10 December 1672
Concerns a method for drawing tangents
Continued in EL/N1/43 and then EL/N1/42
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
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Access statusOpen
Related materialTranscribed in 'The correspondence of Isaac Newton', ed by H W Turnbull (Cambridge, 1959), vol 1, p 247
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/c8c5a0fe-9d5a-4b9c-a907-b539b0256b6c
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CodeNameDates
NA2898Collins; John (1625 - 1683); mathematician and scientific administrator1625 - 1683
NA8414Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician1642 - 1727
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