Newton’s Optical Correspondence
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51.
A Letter of Mr. Isaac Newton … containing his New Theory about Light and Colors
Author: Isaac Newton
Metadata: 19 Feb. 1671/2, in English, c. 5,263 words, 13pp.
Source: ‘A Letter of Mr. Isaac Newton … containing his New Theory about Light and Colors’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, No. 80 (19 Feb. 1671/2), pp. 3075-3087.
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00006
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52.
Letter to Henry Oldenburg, dated 13 April 1672
Author: Isaac Newton
Metadata: 13 April 1672, in English, c. 938 words, 2 pp.
Source: EL/N1/38, Royal Society Library, London, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00310
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53.
A Letter of the Learn'd Franc. Linus … animadverting upon … Mr. Isaac Newton's Theory of Light and Colors, date 6 October 1674
Author: Francis Linus
Metadata: 6 October 1674, in English, c. 927 words, 3pp.
Source: ‘A Letter of the Learn'd Franc. Linus … animadverting upon … Mr. Isaac Newton's Theory of Light and Colors’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, No. 110 (25 January 1674/5), pp. 217-219.
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00020
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54.
An Extract of a Letter, received very lately, (March 19th) from the Inventor of this new Telescope, from Cambridge
Author: Isaac Newton
Metadata: 25 March 1672, in English, c. 412 words, 2 pp.
Source: ‘An Accompt of a New Catadioptrical Telescope invented by Mr. Newton’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, No. 81 (25 March 1672), pp. 4009-4010.
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00030
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55.
Letter to Oldenburg on the lengths and angles of prism images, dated 18 August 1676
Author: Isaac Newton
Metadata: 18 August 1676, in English with some Latin, c. 2,780 words, 6 pp.
Source: EL/N1/53, Royal Society Library, London, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00323
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56.
Newton's figure of his reflecting telescope with explanations
Author: Isaac Newton
Metadata: c. 1672, in English, c. 326 words, 2 pp.
Source: EL/N1/37, Royal Society Library, London, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00309
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57.
Draft of the 'Discourse Concerning Light and Colors'
Author: Isaac Newton
Metadata: c. early 1675, c. 12,266 words, 2 pp.
Source: MS Add. 3970.3, ff. 519r-529r, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00126
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58.
Letter from Henry Oldenburg to Newton, dated 2 January 1676/7
Author: Henry Oldenburg
Metadata: 2 January 1676/7, c. 332 words.
Source: MS Add. 3976, ff. 40r-41v, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00401
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59.
Answer to Huygens' critique of Newton's new theory of light and colours, dated 10 June 1673
Author: Isaac Newton
Metadata: 10 June 1673, in English, c. 2,714 words, 4 pp.
Source: EL/N1/47, Royal Society Library, London, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00317
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60.
Draft of 'A Theory Concerning Light and Colors'
Author: Isaac Newton
Metadata: 6 Feb. 1671/2, in English, c. 5,137 words, 14pp.
Source: MS Add. 3970.3, ff.460-466, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00003
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61.
Letter to Oldenburg on his experiments to show colour and light
Author: Isaac Newton
Metadata: 11 May 1676, in English, c. 239 words, 2 pp.
Source: EL/N1/52, Royal Society Library, London, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00322
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62.
A letter of Mr. Franc. Linus … being a reply to the Letter printed in Numb. 110
Author: Francis Linus
Metadata: 15/25 Feb. 1675 (published 24 Jan. 1675/6), in English, c. 821 words, 2 pp.
Source: ‘A letter of Mr. Franc. Linus … being a reply to the Letter printed in Numb. 110’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, No. 121 (24 January 1675/6), pp. 499-500.
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00021
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63.
Letter to Oldenburg answering Linus's second letter on Newton's new doctrine of light and colour
Author: Isaac Newton
Metadata: 29 February 1676, in English, c. 2,458 words, 2 pp.
Source: EL/N1/51, Royal Society Library, London, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00321
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64.
Letter from Newton to Henry Oldenburg, dated 13 April 1672
Author: Isaac Newton
Metadata: 13 April 1672, c. 1,165 words.
Source: MS Add. 3976, ff. 8r-9v, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00390
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65.
Mr. Newton's Answer to the foregoing Letter [of Ignace Pardies]
Author: Isaac Newton
Metadata: 15 July 1672, in Latin, c. 1,958 words, 5 pp.
Source: ‘Mr. Newton's Answer to the foregoing Letter [of Ignace Pardies]’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, No. 85 (15 July 1672), pp. 5014-5018.
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00029
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66.
Mr. Isaac Newton's Considerations upon part of a Letter of Monsieur De Bercé
Author: Isaac Newton
Metadata: 20 May 1672, in English, c. 1,376 words, 4pp.
Source: ‘Mr. Isaac Newton's Considerations upon part of a Letter of Monsieur De Bercé … concerning the Cata drioptricalCatadioptrical Telescope, pretended to be improv'd and refined by M. Cassegrain’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, No. 83 (20 May 1672), pp. 4056-4059.
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00010
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67.
Hypothesis explaining the properties of light
Author: Isaac Newton
Metadata: 1675, in English, c. 31,724 words, 58pp.
Source: The History of the Royal Society, Thomas Birch (ed.), vol. 3 (London: 1757), pp. 247-305.
Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00002
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