Record

Reference numberEL/N1/36
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg
CreatorNewton; Sir; Isaac (1642-1727); natural philosopher; mathematician
Date19 March 1671
DescriptionDiscussing 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
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialTranscription 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 catalogueIM/005326
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/eaf0584c-38a2-4079-bf2f-94892f7d5853
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8414Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician1642 - 1727
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