Reference number | EL/N1/57 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Isaac Newton to Edmund Halley |
Creator | Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642-1727); natural philosopher; mathematician |
Date | 27 July 1686 |
Description | Concerning a letter from Newton to Huygens about 'vis centrifuga' and the motion of the planets which was sent before Hooke's work on the same topic |
Language | English |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Isaac Newton', ed by H W Turnbull (Cambridge, 1959), vol 2, p 446 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/8e60250e-6242-490e-b3a6-1455ecb3043f |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8423 | Halley; Edmond (1656 - 1742); astronomer | 1656 - 1742 |
NA8414 | Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician | 1642 - 1727 |