Paper, 'A true copy of a paper found, in the handwriting of Sir Isaac Newton, among the papers of the late Dr Halley containing a description of an Instrument for observing the distance form the Fixt Stars at Sea' by Isaac Newton
Reference number: L&P/1/120
Date: 1742
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Concerning 'An instrument for observing the distance of the moon from the fixt stars at sea'. Includes a coloured figure
Note on the back of the figure states;
'The Original given by Mr Jones, is inserted among the Vouchers of the Commercium Epistolicum, formerly presented by the same Gentleman'.
Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A true copy of a paper found, in the hand writing of Sir Isaac Newton, among the papers of the late Dr. Halley, containing a description of an instrument for observing the Moon's distance from the fixt stars at sea.'
Read 28 October 1742.
- Reference number
- L&P/1/120
- Earliest possible date
- 1742
- Physical description
- Ink on paper and plate,
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Isaac Newton, Paper, 'A true copy of a paper found, in the handwriting of Sir Isaac Newton, among the papers of the late Dr Halley containing a description of an Instrument for observing the distance form the Fixt Stars at Sea' by Isaac Newton, 1742, L&P/1/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_120/paper-a-true-copy-of-a-paper-found-in-the-handwriting-of-sir-isaac-newton-among-the-papers-of-the-late-dr-halley-containing-a-description-of-an-instrument-for-observing-the-distance-form-the-fixt-stars-at-sea-by-isaac-newton, accessed on 18 June 2025
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I. A true copy of a paper found, in the hand writing of Sir Isaac Newton, among the papers of the late Dr. Halley, containing a description of an instrument for observing the Moon's distance from the fixt stars at sea. External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1743
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1742.0039
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Decade 1 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1746 Reference number: L&P/1
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