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Isaac Newton’s Works

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1.

Pierpont Morgan Notebook

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1659-early 1660s, in English, c. 12,039 words, 58ff.

Source: MA 318, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00001

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2.

'Quæstiones quædam Philosophiæ' ('Certain Philosophical Questions')

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: early-mid 1660s, in Greek, Latin and English, c. 20,148 words, 140 ff. of which 13 blank.

Source: MS Add. 3996, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00092

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3.

Trinity College Notebook

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: Early-mid 1660s, in Latin and English, c. 3,243 words, 50pp.

Source: R.4.48c, Trinity College Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: PERS00001

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4.

Fitzwilliam Notebook

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1662-69, in English, c. 5,045 words, 34 pp. on 118 ff.

Source: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: ALCH00069

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5.

Mathematical Notebook

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1664 - c. 1665, c. 47,158 words, 170 pp.

Source: MS Add. 4000, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00128

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6.

Notebook containing notes and experimental reports

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1664-1696, mostly in English with some Latin and Greek, c. 65,000 words, 283 pp. + 4 pp. starting from the back.

Source: MS Add. 3975, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: ALCH00110

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7.

Newton's Waste Book

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1612 - c. 1685 (Newton began using it c 1664), c. 131,421 words, 2181 ff.

Source: MS Add. 4004, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00176

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8.

Method of Curves and Infinite Series, and application to the Geometry of Curves

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1665-70, in Latin with a few words of Greek, c. 31,913 words, 53 pp.

Source: MS Add. 3960.14, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00299

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9.

The Lawes of Motion

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1665 - c. 1672, c. 2,291 words, 6 pp.

Source: MS Add. 3958.5, ff. 81r-83v, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00105

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10.

'Of Colours'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1665-6, in English, c. 7,664 words, 22 pp.

Source: MS Add. 3975, pp. 1-22, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00004

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11.

Unarranged fragments, mostly relating to the dispute with Leibniz

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1665-1727, in French, English and Latin, c. 113,053 words, 16 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3968, ff. 594r-619v, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00385

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12.

Apographum schediasmatis a Newtono olim scripti

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 13 November 1665, in English with some Latin, c. 465 words, 2 pp of 2 fos.

Source: MS Add. 3968, ff. 1r-2v, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00345

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13.

The October 1666 Tract on Fluxions

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: October 1666, c. 9,937 words, 29 pp.

Source: MS Add. 3958.3, ff. 48v-63v, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00100

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14.

De Solutione Problematum per Motum

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: October 1666, c. 4,561 words, 29 pp.

Source: MS Add. 3958.3, ff. 68r-76v, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00101

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15.

Lectiones Opticae

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. January 1669, in Latin with some English and Greek, c. 39,224 words, 129 ff.

Source: MS Add. 4002, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00306

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16.

Transcript of 'Sr George Ripley His Epistle to K Edward unfolded'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. late 1660s/ early 1670s, in English with some Latin and Greek, c. 10,000 words, 17 pp. on 9 ff.

Source: Keynes Ms. 52, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: ALCH00041

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17.

Letter from Newton to a friend, together with Collins's description of a telescope mentioned in the Newton letter

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 23 February 1668/9, c. 875 words, 1 f.

Source: MS Add. 9597/2/18/3, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00226

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18.

Letter from Newton to Francis Aston, dated 18 May 1669

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 18 May 1669, c. 1,222 words, 1 f.

Source: MS Add. 9597/2/18/4, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00227

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19.

De Analysi per aequationes numero terminorum infinitas

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 31 July 1669, in Latin, c. 4,985 words, 15 pp. on 9 ff.

Source: MS/81/4, Royal Society Library, London, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00204

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20.

Exposition of 2 Kings 17:15-16

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1670s, in English, c. 2,408 words, 8 pp.

Source: Ms. 130, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00110

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21.

Notes from Petavius on the Nicene Council

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1670s, in Latin, c. 12,723 words, 52 pp.

Source: Keynes Ms. 4, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00004

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22.

Part of an exposition of 2 Kings, 17:15-16

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1670s, in English, c. 1,666 words, 4 pp. on 2 ff.

Source: Ms. 437, The Babson College Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00082

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23.

Untitled treatise on Revelation

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1670s-1680s, mainly in English but with many passages in Latin and citations in Greek, c. 327,362 words, c. 650 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 1, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00044

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24.

Two incomplete treatises on the vegetative growth of metals and minerals

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1670-75, in English and Latin, c. 4,500 words, 12 pp.

Source: NMAHRB Ms. 1031 B, Dibner Library, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA

Newton Catalogue ID: ALCH00081

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25.

Exposition of 2 Kings 17:15-16

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1670s, in English, c. 6,179 words, 18 pp. on 15 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 21, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00064

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