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Letter, from Edmond Halley to Isaac Newton

Reference number: EL/H3/44

Date: 22 May

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Stating that the publication of Newton's 'Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica' would be delayed no longer; concerning Hooke's rule of the decrease of gravity

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EL/H3/44
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22 May
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Edmond Halley

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Edmond Halley, Letter, from Edmond Halley to Isaac Newton, 22 May, EL/H3/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_44/letter-from-edmond-halley-to-isaac-newton, accessed on 01 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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