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'Translated into French by the Observator and publish'd at Paris'. Newton writes: 'I remember that I wrote a chronological index for a particular friend on condition that it should not be communicated.'

Subject: Chronology

Note reads 'Read about the latter end of 1725'

Reference number
CLP/16/14
Earliest possible date
1725
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Isaac Newton

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Isaac Newton, Paper, 'Remarques upon the observations made upon a chronological index' by Isaac Newton, 1725, CLP/16/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_16_14/paper-remarques-upon-the-observations-made-upon-a-chronological-index-by-isaac-newton, accessed on 05 March 2026

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