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

Reference number: EL/N1/53

Date: 18 August 1676

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Details of experiments to show length and angles of images from prisms

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EL/N1/53
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18 August 1676
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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, dated at Cambridge, 18 August 1676, EL/N1/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_53/letter-from-isaac-newton-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 16 January 2025

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