Continuation of an extract of a letter, from Isaac Newton to John Collins
Reference number: EL/N1/42
Description
EL/N1/44 and EL/N1/43 for beginning of this letter
Discussing convex and concave speculums; transcribes Hooke's words about his experiments on telescopes and microscopes by reflexion; concerning Mr Gregory's work on hyperbolic and elliptic glasses
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- Reference number
- EL/N1/42
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- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Isaac Newton, Continuation of an extract of a letter, from Isaac Newton to John Collins, EL/N1/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_42/continuation-of-an-extract-of-a-letter-from-isaac-newton-to-john-collins, accessed on 14 January 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
Letters from correspondents in natural philosophy to the Royal Society and its Fellows: 'Early Letters N1'
1663-1726 Reference number: EL/N1
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John Collins
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Isaac Newton
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Dates: 1613-1740
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