Janus: The Portsmouth Collection

Manuscripts/MS Add.3958-4007 contains:
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MS Add.3987	The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended
MS Add.3988	A short chronicle from the first memory of things in Europe to the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great
MS Add.3989	Observations on the Prophesies
MS Add.3990	De motu Corporum Liber Secundus
MS Add.3991	A copy of the first edition of the Principia, interleaved with notes in Newton's hand - among the leaves inserted is the preface to the third edition
MS Add.3992	A copy of the second edition of the Principia, interleaved with notes and additions in Newton's hand
MS Add.3993	Arithmetica Universalis
MS Add.3994	A copy of Schooten's edition of Descartes' Geometry, (Lugd. 1649), with a few notes in Newton's hand
MS Add.3995	Treatise on Algebra and Miscellaneous Unrelated Material
MS Add.3996	Trinity College Notebook
MS Add.3997	Mathematical Treatise
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The Portsmouth Collection

Title	Halley to Newton About Comets' Orbits
Reference	MS Add.3982
Covering Dates	c 1695-c 1725

Index Terms

Astronomy

Meteorites

Manuscripts/MS Add.3958-4007/MS Add.3982 contains:

Add.3982.1

Letter from Edmond Halley to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742, astronomer.
f.1 [folio]; paper.

7 September 1695

Add.3982.2

Letter from Edmond Halley to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742, astronomer.
f.1 [folio]; paper.

28 September 1695

Add.3982.3

Letter from Edmond Halley to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742, astronomer.
f.1 [folio]; paper.

15 October 1695-October 1695

Add.3982.4

Letter from Isaac Newton to Edmond Halley.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.2 [folio]; paper.

17 October 1695

Add.3982.5

Draft letter from Isaac Newton to Edmond Halley.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.2 [folio]; paper.

c 1685

Add.3982.6

Letter from Edmond Halley to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742, astronomer.
f.1 [folio]; paper.

21 October 1695

Add.3982.7

Letter from Edmond Halley to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742, astronomer.
ff.2 [quarto]; paper.

16 February 1725

Add.3982.8

Letter from Isaac Newton to Edmond Halley.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.2 [quarto]; paper.

1 March 1725

Add.3982.9

Letter from Isaac Newton to Edmond Halley.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
ff.2 [quarto]; paper.

1 March 1725

Add.3982.10

Letter from Edmond Halley to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742, astronomer.
ff.2 [folio]; paper.

7 October 1695

Add.3982.11

Letter from Isaac Newton to Edmond Halley.
Creator: Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician.
f.1 [folio]; paper.

c 1695-c 1725

Add.3982.12

Note in the hand of Edmond Halley.
Creator: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742, astronomer.
ff.2 [quarto]; paper.

c 1695-c 1725

Add.3982.13

Calculations in the hand of Edmund Halley, 'For the Honourable Sir Isaac Newton'.
Creator: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742, astronomer.
ff.2 [quarto]; paper.

c 1695-c 1795

Add.3982.14

Notes on Comets.
Creator: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742, astronomer.
ff.2 [quarto]; paper.

c 1695-c 1725