Introducing Newton’s Alchemical Papers
Newton’s alchemical works are being transcribed by our sister project, The Chymistry of Isaac Newton at the University of Indiana. Links to the material already available on the Chymistry site are provided below. A full listing of the source material it will make available can be found in the Alchemical Papers section of the Newton Project’s online catalogue.
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Notes on Sendivogius (c. 1685-90).
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'Anno 1656. Serenissimi Principis Frederici Ducis Holsatiæ et Sleswici &c. communicatione sequens epistola me sibi vendicat, inaudita memorans. Veni et vide'.
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Miscellaneous extracts from and notes on various alchemical authors, in English.
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'Ripley expounded', 12 pp.; and 'Notes upon Ripley,' in English, c. 1,500 words, 7 pp.
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'Verses at the end of B[asil] Valentine's mystery of the Microcosm'
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Notes and abstracts 'Ex Fabri Hydrographo Spagyrico' (f. 1r) and 'Ex Palladio Spagyrico' (f. 2r), with page references (1690s?).
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'The Seven Chapters' (late 1680s-1690s) plus notes and an unrelated draft letter.
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'Artephius his secret Book', followed by 'The Epistle of Iohn Pontanus, wherein he beareth witness of ye book of Artephius', c. 1,500 words, 3 pp. (c. 1670s).
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Notes on and excerpts from George Ripley's 'Clavis Aureæ Portæ', 'Medulla Alchimiæ', and 'Pupilla Alchemiæ'.
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'The Three Fires'.
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'The Regimen' (early 1680s).
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Three alchemical verse extracts, in English.
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Alchemical notes (probably before 18 May 1669), drawn largely if not entirely from Michael Maier's Symbola Aureæ Mensæ duodecim nationum (Frankfurt, 1617: H1048).
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Notes on various alchemical texts (early 1680s?).
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'Causæ et initia naturalium' (notes on Jan Baptista van Helmont's Ortus medicinae (1667)).
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'Sententiæ luciferæ et Conclusiones notabiles' (1696-8?).
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Translation and transcription of the Tabula Smaragdina of 'Hermes Trismegistus', with notes (early 1680s-1690s).
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'Several Questions concerning the Ph[ilosoph]ers St[one]'.
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Notebook containing little but headings ('De Sale'; 'Solutio'; 'Conjunctio et Liquefactio'; 'Imbibitio & Calcinatio', etc.), with gaps for entries left blank apart from a few perfunctory notes in Latin.
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Three related sets of notes (late 1680s-90s).
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