Letter, from Isaac Newton to Edmund Halley, dated at Cambridge
Reference number: EL/N1/55
Date: 20 June 1686
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Concerning correspondence between Newton and Robert Hooke about the doctrine of projectiles and the motions of the heavens; discussing proofs that were sent to him; discussing work by Bullialdus and ellipses
- Reference number
- EL/N1/55
- Earliest possible date
- 20 June 1686
- Page extent
- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Isaac Newton, Letter, from Isaac Newton to Edmund Halley, dated at Cambridge, 20 June 1686, EL/N1/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_55/letter-from-isaac-newton-to-edmund-halley-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 10 February 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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Edmond Halley
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Isaac Newton
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