Sir Isaac Newton
Subtitle: manuscripts and papers
By: edited by Peter Jones.
Contributors: Jones, Peter.
Publisher: Chadwyck-Healey
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Cambridge, England; Alexandria, Va
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 43
Subjects: Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 -- Archives; Physical sciences -- History -- Sources; Social sciences -- History -- Sources
Other titles: Sir Isaac Newton mss. and papers; Catalogue of the Portsmouth collection of books and papers written by or belonging to Sir Isaac Newton.; Catalogue of the Newton papers sold by order of the Viscount Lymington.
Notes: In English and Latin.
"The manuscripts and papers include commonplace books, working notes, and drafts of his mathematical discoveries, his work in optics and dynamics, and his chemical experiments (including alchemy); shipbuilding blueprints; educational projects; ecclesiastical calendars; historical theology; interpretations of mythology; world geography; economic treatises; records of the Royal Mint; chronological and historical studies of ancient kingdoms; commentaries on Daniel and the Apocalypse; and medical treatises and potions"--Guide, intro.
Accompanied by printed guide entitled: Sir Isaac Newton : a catalogue of manuscripts and papers; guide is also filmed at the beginning of reel 1.
A catalogue of the Portsmouth collection of books and papers written by or belonging to Sir Isaac Newton (1888), and Sotheby's Catalogue of the Newton papers sold by order of the Viscount Lymington (1936) are also filmed on reel 1.