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Letter, from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Cambridge

Reference number: EL/N1/38

Date: 13 April 1672

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Discusses the observations of Pardies on refraction (with figure); discussing mixture of coloured powders and mixture of coloured fluids

Read to the Royal Society on 18 April 1672

Reference number
EL/N1/38
Earliest possible date
13 April 1672
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Isaac Newton

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Isaac Newton, Letter, from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Cambridge, 13 April 1672, EL/N1/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_38/letter-from-isaac-newton-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 18 March 2025

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