Letter, from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Cambridge
Reference number: EL/N1/54
Date: 22 August 1676
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That Newton has been unable to carry out experiments because the days have not been clear; that he would like to promote fruit trees in Cambridge
- Reference number
- EL/N1/54
- Earliest possible date
- 22 August 1676
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Isaac Newton, Sir; Isaac Newton, Letter, from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Cambridge, 22 August 1676, EL/N1/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_54/letter-from-isaac-newton-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 24 January 2026
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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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