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Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/3/104, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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<104r>

Our will & pleasure is {illeg}|&| We do hereby authorise & command you Charles Earld|e| of Louderdale {sic} General of our Mint in North Britain\Scotland/, {illeg} out of such moneys as pursuant to an Act of Parliament made in the first year of our reign & entituled An Act to continue Duties for encouraging the coinage of money & shall be issued unto you out of o^r Excheq^r by the Lord High Treasurer {illeg}|o|r any three or more of the Commissioners of our Treasury \for y^e time being/ by way of imprest & upon account for the use & service of our said Mint, to |pay| pay {out} \also the charges of coinage & inciden{illeg}|t|{s} charges thereof to whom they shall become due/ /due {sic} & also to {illeg}|p|ay\ unto the Officers |of| our said Mint their salaries {quarte} from time to time as they shall become due to them by their Patents & according to a schedule be annexed unto the Indentu{re} made between her late Ma^ty Queen And|n| \on the one part/ & Iohn Montgomerie Es the|n| M^r & {illeg}|Wo|rker of her Ma^ts Mint \on the other part/: and also to pay all \reasonable/ bills o{r}|f| charges for repairing \duly exainned {sic} for keeping/ the Offices in the said & keeping \& coining tools in {illeg} repair/ the dwelling houses {illeg}|o|f the Officers within the said Mint wind & water tite|.|, & the coining tools in repair And we do hereby {illeg} charge & command you & all the Officers of o^r said Mint \in the several stations/ to observe the Rules set down in the & directions set down in the said Indenture, with respect to their several stations until as new Indenture shall be made excepting only such alterations as have been made by Act of Parliament & to take care that the moneys be well & duly coined accor{illeg}|d|ing to the said Rules

<104v>

Lunæ {illeg}\etiam/ instar aliorum Planetarum circa axem revolvitur uniformi cum motu {illeg}|r|espect fixarum, {illeg}|{illeg}|d ejus dies

Lunam vera

Theoriam vero Lunæ circa exam revolventis &

A pendulum vibrating seconds is 639 $\frac{1}{4}$ inches English & th{e}|r|ee Paris feet are to this measure as 864 to 881 according to M^r Hugens. And therefore three Paris feet are