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RefNoEL/N1/38
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Cambridge
CreatorNewton; Sir; Isaac (1642-1727); natural philosopher; mathematician
Date13 April 1672
DescriptionDiscusses the observations of Pardies on refraction (with figure); discussing mixture of coloured powders and mixture of coloured fluids

Read to the Royal Society on 18 April 1672
LanguageLatin
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
Place originCambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Origin coordinates52.2, 0.11667
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialCopied into Royal Society letter book: LBO/5/218
Transcribed and paraphrased in 'The correspondence of Isaac Newton', ed by H W Turnbull (Cambridge, 1959), vol 1, p 140
Translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 9, p 25
CopiesDigital photograph
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/242fec22-e3a4-44b6-a24a-71a1706c7a32
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8414Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician1642 - 1727
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