Catalogue Entry: NATP00196

Letter from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg, dated 24 October 1676

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 24 October 1676 (c. 1700 scribal copy), in Latin with two Greek words , c. 5,793 words, 19 pp. on 10 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3977.1, ff. 1r-10r, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

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^[1] ^H Intellige $1 + 1$ {sic} in {sequent}

^[2] ^... $- 3$

^[3] ^...{in} $\frac{4}{3}$ ?

^[4] ^...{in} $\frac{4}{3}$ ?

^[5] # Aufero $\frac{1}{24} z^{4}$ , et restat $z - \frac{1}{2} z z + \frac{1}{6} z^{3} - \frac{1}{24} z^{4} = x - \frac{1}{120} x^{5} &c$ addo $\frac{1}{120} z^{5}$

Professor Rob Iliffe
Director, AHRC Newton Papers Project

Scott Mandelbrote,
Fellow & Perne librarian, Peterhouse, Cambridge

Faculty of History, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL - newtonproject@history.ox.ac.uk

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