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Extract of a letter, from Isaac Newton to John Collins

Reference number: EL/N1/45

Date: 01 January 1672

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Original letter dated on 10 December 1672
Concerning a method for drawing tangents
Formulae and graph attached

Reference number
EL/N1/45
Earliest possible date
01 January 1672
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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Isaac Newton

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Isaac Newton, Extract of a letter, from Isaac Newton to John Collins, 01 January 1672, EL/N1/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_45/extract-of-a-letter-from-isaac-newton-to-john-collins, accessed on 10 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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