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Letter, from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg for Ignatius-Gaston Pardies, dated at Cambridge

Reference number: EL/N1/40

Date: 10 June 1672

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Discusses the doctrine of light and colour and reiterates the 'experimentum crucis' in detail
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EL/N1/40
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10 June 1672
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6 pages
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Manuscript
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Isaac Newton

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Isaac Newton, Letter, from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg for Ignatius-Gaston Pardies, dated at Cambridge, 10 June 1672, EL/N1/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_40/letter-from-isaac-newton-to-henry-oldenburg-for-ignatius-gaston-pardies-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 04 December 2024

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