RefNo | EL/N1/47 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg |
Creator | Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642-1727); natural philosopher; mathematician |
Date | 23 June 1673 |
Description | Discussing matters raised by letters from Huygens - on the distance of the sun, the Earth and the moon from each other; concerning the 8th proposition 'De descensu gravium' (descending bodies); simplifying Huygens' method of curved lines; discussing Newton's theory of colours with definitions and propositions |
Language | English |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 8, no 96, p 6087 Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Isaac Newton', ed by H W Turnbull (Cambridge, 1959), vol 1, p 290 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/2d5721d7-7fe2-4bd1-a073-7583c44e0efa |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
NA8414 | Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician | 1642 - 1727 |