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Reference numberEL/N1/50
LevelItem
TitleNote about reflecting telescope by Isaac Newton
Datend
Description'A new invention of Telescope which performs the effect of much longer ordinary ones by reflecting the object from a metallin concave to a metallin speculum, and from them through a smal microscopical plano-convex glas, to the Eye'

Translated into French mentioning that the first essay was on the length of the tube
LanguageFrench
English
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
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Access statusOpen
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
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CodeNameDates
NA8414Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician1642 - 1727
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