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Letter, from Isaac Newton to Edmund Halley

Reference number: EL/N1/56

Date: 14 July 1686

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Concerning woodcuts for work ('Principia') with instructions (figure in text); concerning work on ellipses; concerning the descent of falling bodies

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EL/N1/56
Earliest possible date
14 July 1686
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Isaac Newton

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Isaac Newton, Letter, from Isaac Newton to Edmund Halley, 14 July 1686, EL/N1/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_56/letter-from-isaac-newton-to-edmund-halley, accessed on 10 February 2025

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