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The Portsmouth Collection
| Title |
Hydrostatics, Optics, Sound and Heat |
| Reference |
MS Add.3970 |
| Covering Dates |
c 1672-c 1706 |
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| Content and context |
Drafts of 'Optics' and other miscellaneous material. |
| Index Terms |
| Acoustics |
| Heat |
| Hydrostatics |
| Optics |
| Manuscripts/MS Add.3958-4007/MS Add.3970 contains: |
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Add.3970.1: 1-15
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On the Division of a Monochord. Plus an extract "out of Mr Sympson's Division Violist".
ff.15 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1670-c 1680 |
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Add.3970.2: 16
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Notes on the Velocity of Sound. On the back there's a note on the proportionality of mass to weight.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
f.1 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1670-c 1710 |
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Add.3970.3: 17-78,91-233
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Printer's Copy of Newton's Opticks. Contains emendation in Newton's hand, and printer's marks. Last folio (p.137 in printed text) is missing.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.205 [folio]; paper. |
1704 |
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Add.3970.3: 79-90
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Draft of the Opening of Newton's Opticks, Book Three. The margin is as in the printer's copy, but contains no printer's marks.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.12 [folio]; paper. |
c 1704 |
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Add.3970.3: 234-359
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Miscellaneous Drafts of Newton's Optics.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.126 [folio]; paper. |
c 1700-c 1704 |
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Add.3970.3: 360-582
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Miscellaneous Optical Writings. Includes copies of letters, drafts of Opticks and other writings.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.223 [folio]; paper. |
c 1670-c 1706 |
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Add.3970.4: 583-584
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Draft Latin Translation of Opticks, Book I, Part I, Experiments 8-10.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.2 [folio]; paper. |
c 1700-c 1704 |
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Add.3970.5: 585-592
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Answer to Objections made to Newton's Optical Theories. ff.91-92 MISSING. Also a scrap with memoranda aobut the Newtonian telescope.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.8 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1704-c 1710 |
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Add.3970.6: 593
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Memorandum of Observations on the Colours of Thick Plates.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
f.1 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1670-c 1710 |
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Add.3970.7: 594-599
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Fragments on Light and Heat.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.6 [mixed]; paper. |
c 1670-c 1710 |
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Add.3970.8: 600-611
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On the Refraction Observed in Iceland Spar. Plus a note to the reader relating to it. Proposed addition to Newton's Opticks.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.12 [mixed]; paper. |
c 1704-c 1710 |
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Add.3970.9: 612-639
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Fragments on Optics.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.28 [folio]; paper. |
c 1670-c 1710 |
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Add.3970.10: 640-648
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Optical Experiments.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.9 [mixed]; paper. |
c 1670-c 1710 |
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Add.3970.11: 649-651
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Figure and Description of a Sheep's Eye.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.3 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1670-c 1700 |
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Add.3970.12: 652-653
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Speculations as to the Constitution of Matter and the Nature of the Action of Heat.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.2 [folio]; paper. |
c 1670-c 1710 |
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