Newton’s Mathematical Papers

26.

Copy of a Letter from Newton to Henry Oldenburg, dated 24 October 1676

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 24 October 1676, in Latin with one Greek word, c. 7,514 words, 10 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3977.4, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00180

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27.

Printed Copy of a Letter from John Bernoulli to Sir Isaac Newton, with Newton's Observations on it

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1713, in Latin and English with a little French, c. 13,847 words, 13 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3968, ff. 473r-485v, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00378

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28.

Several Drafts of an Intended Preface to the Commercium Epistolicum

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1710-1720, in English and Latin, c. 15,010 words, 17 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3968, ff. 539r-555v, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00381

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29.

Bernouilli's problem in the Acta Eruditorum for October 1698

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1698, in Latin and English with a little Greek, c. 1,435 words, 3 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3968, ff. 369r-371v, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00369

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30.

Letter from Newton to Henry Oldenburg, dated 8 March 1672/3

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 8 March 1672/3, c. 355 words, 2 ff.

Source: MS Add. 9597/2/18/30, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00251

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31.

Newton's draft response to the 'charta volans' of 29 July 1713

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c 1713, c. 939 words, 2 f.

Source: MS Add. 9597/2/18/94, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00290

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32.

Draft letter from Newton to John Wallis concerning the publication of his 'Epistola posterior'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. July 1695, in English with a few words in Latin, c. 760 words, 2 pp.

Source: MS Add. 3977.7, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00183

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33.

Letter to Charles Montagu describing the solution to the mathematical problems proposed by John Bernoulli

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 30 January 1697, in Latin, c. 545 words, 2 p.

Source: EL/N1/61a, Royal Society Library, London, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00332

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34.

Draft letter from Sir Isaac Newton probably to John Chamberlayne, defending Keill

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1710-1720, in English and Latin, c. 5,563 words, 18 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3968, ff. 438r-443v, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00374

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35.

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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36.

De natura acidorum

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c 1710, c. 437 words, 1 f.

Source: MS Add. 9597/2/18/81, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00284

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37.

Extract from Bernoulli's letter of 7 June 1713, with Newton's Observations on it

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1713-1720, in French, Latin and English, c. 19,367 words, 13 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3968, ff. 487r-504v, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00379

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38.

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. (London: 1687)

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1687, in Latin, c. 91,513 words.

Source: Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (London: 1687).

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00071

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Front Matter to the Principia (1687)
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Definitiones (1687)
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Axiomata Sive Leges Motus (1687)
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De Motu Corporum (Liber Primus) (1687)
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De Motu Corporum (Liber Secundus) (1687)
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De Munde Systemate (Liber Tertius)
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39.

Letter from Newton to Henry Oldenburg, dated 10 January 1675/6

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 10 January 1675/6, c. 2,293 words, 2 ff.

Source: MS Add. 9597/2/18/48-49, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00265

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40.

References to the original letters contained, or intended to be contained, in the Commercium Epistolicum

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1710-1720, in Latin and English with some Greek and French, c. 23,511 words, 76 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3968, ff. 263r-19:vi(v), Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00363

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41.

Letter to Edmund Halley about Newton's correspondence with Huygens on vis centrifuga

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 27 July 1686, in English with a little Latin, c. 815 words, 3 pp.

Source: EL/N1/57, Royal Society Library, London, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00327

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42.

Letter to Edmund Halley on the sun's parallax to the moon and other matters

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1 March 1687, in English, c. 229 words, 3 pp.

Source: EL/N1/60, Royal Society Library, London, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00330

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43.

Letter from Newton to Henry Oldenburg, dated 5 December 1674

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 5 December 1674, c. 266 words, 2 ff.

Source: MS Add. 9597/2/18/40, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00258

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44.

Copy of a letter from Newton to Henry Oldenburg, dated 13 June 1676

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 13 June 1676, in Latin, c. 2,679 words, 4 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3977.6, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00182

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45.

Note on the Leibniz Controversy

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c 1713, c. 248 words, 1 f.

Source: MS Add. 9597/2/18/93, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00289

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46.

De Trigonometriâ Sphæricâ Rectangulâ

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. late 1696, in English, c. 279 words, 1 p.

Source: EL/N1/61, Royal Society Library, London, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00331

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47.

De motu Corporum Liber Secundus

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1687, in Latin with some English, c. 23,979 words, 56 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3990, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00305

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48.

Copy of a letter from Newton to Henry Oldenburg, dated 13 June 1676

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 13 June 1676 (c. 1700 scribal copy), in Latin, c. 2,704 words, 4 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3977.5, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00181

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49.

Letter from Newton to John Collins, dated 18 February 1669/70

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 18 February 1669/70, c. 213 words, 1 f.

Source: MS Add. 9597/2/18/5, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00228

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50.

Letter from Newton to Henry Oldenburg, dated 6 January 1671/2

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 6 January 1671/2, c. 708 words, 2 ff.

Source: MS Add. 9597/2/18/12, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: NATP00235

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