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Letter, from Isaac Newton to Edmund Halley, dated at Trinity College Cambridge

Reference number: EL/N1/58

Date: 18 October 1686

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Discussing editorial changes to work for publication ('Principia')

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EL/N1/58
Earliest possible date
18 October 1686
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Isaac Newton

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Isaac Newton, Letter, from Isaac Newton to Edmund Halley, dated at Trinity College Cambridge, 18 October 1686, EL/N1/58, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_58/letter-from-isaac-newton-to-edmund-halley-dated-at-trinity-college-cambridge, accessed on 06 December 2024

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