Catalogue Entry: ALCH00077

Chemical notes, partly in another hand.

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: Not yet dated, in English and Latin , c. 400 words, 2 pp. on 2 ff.

Source: NMAHRB Ms. 1007 B, Dibner Library, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA

[Normalized Text (at Chymistry of Isaac Newton)]

Custodial History

Previously Burndy Ms. 12. Donated to the Smithsonian by Bern Dibner.

Sotheby Lot

Not identified in Sotheby

Contents

The first sheet contains a brief alchemical recipe in another hand, copied out again in Newton's. The second has a Latin extract from Basil Valentine on distillation, followed by a related recipe in English, all in Newton's hand.