Letter, from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: EL/N1/47
Date: 23 June 1673
Description
Discussing matters raised by letters from Huygens - on the distance of the sun, the Earth and the moon from each other; concerning the 8th proposition 'De descensu gravium' (descending bodies); simplifying Huygens' method of curved lines; discussing Newton's theory of colours with definitions and propositions
- Reference number
- EL/N1/47
- Earliest possible date
- 23 June 1673
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Isaac Newton, Sir; Isaac Newton, Letter, from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg, 23 June 1673, EL/N1/47, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_47/letter-from-isaac-newton-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 16 November 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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Henry Oldenburg
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Isaac Newton
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