| Manuscripts/MS Add.3958-4007 contains: |
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| MS Add.3997 |
Mathematical Treatise |
| MS Add.3998 |
Compendium mathematicoalgebraicum ex Oughtredo Wallisio |
| MS Add.3999 |
Lettres de M. Leibnitz and M. le Chevalier Newton sur l'invention des Fluxions et du Calcul Differentiel |
| MS Add.4000 |
College Notebook |
| MS Add.4001 |
Proof sheets of the edition of Newton's Opticks, with a few MS. additions by Newton |
| MS Add.4002 |
Lectiones Opticae |
| MS Add.4003 |
A book containing the commencement of a work on Hydrostatics, the greater part consisting of a dissertation partly metaphysical, partly theistic, on the constitution of matter, motion, the Cartesian philosophy etc. |
| MS Add.4004 |
Newton's Waste Book |
| MS Add.4005 |
Miscellaneous Papers |
| MS Add.4006 |
Correspondence, Articles of Agreement etc. about the Publication of Flamsteed's Observations |
| MS Add.4007 |
Copies of Newton-related letters and memoranda |
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The Portsmouth Collection
| Title |
Copies of Newton-related letters and memoranda |
| Reference |
MS Add.4007 |
| Creator |
Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer |
| Covering Dates |
1875–1886 |
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Access and Use
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Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room. |
| Manuscripts/MS Add.3958-4007/MS Add.4007 contains: |
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Add.4007.1: 1-3
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Timeline of Newton's dealings with Cambridge University.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.3 [mixed]; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.2: 4-6
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Copy of a letter from Borelli to Wallis.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.3; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.3: 7-10
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Copy of two letters from Collins to Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.4; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.4: 11-23
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Extracts from the journal books of the Royal Society relating to the late Sir Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.13; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.5: 24-59
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Copies of Newton and Oldenburg correspondence. Six copy letters.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.36; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.6: 60
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Copy of a letter from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
f.1; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.7: 61-66
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Copy of a letter from John Collins to Giovanni Alphonso Borelli.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.6; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.8: 67-130
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Copies of Newton and Oldenburg correspondence.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.5; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.9: 131-136
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Copy of a Letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.59; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.10: 137-154
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Copies of Newton and Oldenburg correspondence. Five letters.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.18; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.11: 155
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Letter from Newton to Oldenburg, accompanying a Latin Letter on Series.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
f.1; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.12: 156-159
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Two copy letters from John Collins to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.4; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.13: 160-168
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Copy of a letter from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.9; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.14: 169-172
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Copy of a letter from Isaac Newton to Henry Oldenburg.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.4; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.15: 173-177
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Copies of Newton/Oldenburg Correspondence. Two letters.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.5; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.16: 180-217
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Copies of Miscellaneous Newton Correspondence.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.38; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.17: 218-220
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Copy Letter from David Gregory to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.3; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.18: 221-238
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Copy Letters from Flamsteed to Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.18; paper. |
c 1880–9 Septemberc 1880 |
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Add.4007.19: 239-240
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Copy of a letter from David Gregory to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.2; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.20: 241-255
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Copies of letters from Gilbert Clerke to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.15; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.21: 256-278
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Copies of Correspondence between Isaac Newton and David Gregory.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.23; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.22: 279-317
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Miscellaneous Copies of Newton Correspondence.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.39; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.23: 318-319
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Letter from Nathaniel Hawes to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.2; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.24: 320-322
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Copy of a letter from John Flamsteed to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.3; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.25: 323-324
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Letter from David Gregory to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.2; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.26: 325-389
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Copies of Letters from John Flamsteed to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.65; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.27: 390-392
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Copy of a letter from Halley to Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.3; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.28: 393
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Copy of a letter from John Flamsteed to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
f.1; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.29: 394-412
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Copies of letters from Halley to Newton. Five letters.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
f.21; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.30: 413-416
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Copies of letters from John Flamsteed to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.4; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.31: 417-433
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Copies of Letters from Edmund Halley to Isaac Newton and Thomas Molyneux, and from John Flamsteed to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
f.17; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.32: 434-435
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Copy of a Letter from David Gregory to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.2; paper. |
23 Decemberc 1880 |
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Add.4007.33: 436
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Copy of a letter from Edmund Halley to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
f.1; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.34: 437-438
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Copy of a Letter from Giovanni Cassini to Sir Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.2; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.35: 439-457
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Letters from Flamsteed to Newton, and from Wallis to Newton, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Worcester.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.19; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.36: 458-459
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Copy of a Letter from David Gregory to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.2; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.37: 460-472
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Copies of Papers concerning the Publication of Flamsteed's Historiae Coelestis.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.13; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.38: 473-509
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Copies of Letters from Cotes, Keill and Crownfield to Newton. 9 Letters.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.35; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.39: 510-512
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Letter from Newton for Publication. ?.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.3; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.40: 513-533
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Copies of Correspondence between Keill and Newton. 7 Letters, including one from T Johnson to Keill and one from Variguon(?) to Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.3; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.41: 536-562
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Copy letters from Keill, Cotes and Varignon to Newton. 11 letters.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.27; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.42: 534-535
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Copy letters from Chamberlayne.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.2; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.43: 536-562
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Copy Letters from Keill, Cotes and Varignon to Newton. c.12 Letters.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.27; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.44: 563-578
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Copy Letters of Newton and Various Correspondents.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.16; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.45: 579-594
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Copies of Miscellaneous Newton Correspondence.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.16; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.46: 595-599
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Copy Letter from C. Godolphin to Sir Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.5; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.47: 600-605
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Copy of a draft letter from Newton to John Bernouilli, and a letter from Varignon to Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.6; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.48: 606-607
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Copy letter from Albert Henrik de Sallengre.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.2; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.49: 608-618
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Copies of Correspondence between Varignon and Newton. cf Keynes MS 142; 3968.42: 596r.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.11; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.50: 619
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Copy of a letter from Des Maizeaux to Sir Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
f.1; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.51: 620-623
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Copy Letter from Newton to Varignon.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.4; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.52: 624
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Copy of a letter to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
f.1; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.53: 625-660
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Copies of Correspondence between Newton, Varignon and Bernouilli.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.36; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.54: 661-663
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Copies of Letters to Newton from Henry Pemberton, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier and Guillaume Cavelier.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.3; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.55: 664-668
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Copies of Correspondence between Isaac Newton and Edmund Halley.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.5; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.56: 669-684
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Copies of Correspondence between John Theophilus Desaguliers, Henry Pemberton and Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.16; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.57: 685-710
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Copies of Correspondence Relating to Isaac Newton After His Death. Includes family tree (f.699r).
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.26; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.58: 711-735
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Copies of the letters of Nicolas Fatio de Duillier relating to the death of Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.25; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.59: 736-737
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Copy of a letter from Dr Robert Smith to John Conduitt.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.2; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.60: 738-742
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Copies of Letters from William Derham and John Lee relating to a biography of Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.5; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.61: 743-744
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Copy of a Letter from Jacques Basnage de Beauval to Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.2; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.62: 745-749
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Copy of a Letter originally in the hand of John Collins.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.5; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.63: 750-757
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Copies of letters from De Hatzfeld and Horne to Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.8; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.64: 758-766
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Copies of an English translation in Newton's hand of Leibnitz's letter to Chamberlayne; and of a letter fron Newton to Des Maizeaux. See 3968.27: 401 ff.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.9; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.65: 767-771
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Copies of undated draft letters from Newton to Halley and from Newton to Varignon.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.5; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.66: 772-795
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Copies of letters from Pemberton to Newton, concerning the second edition of the Principia.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.24; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.67: 796-810
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Copy of a letter from Giovanni Rizzetti to the Royal Society.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.15; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.68: 811-817
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Copy of a letter from Sebastian Truchet to Sir Isaac Newton.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.9; paper. |
c 1880 |
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Add.4007.69: 818-821
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Scraps written by Newton on the back of Pemberton's letters.
Creator: Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892, astronomer.
ff.4; paper. |
c 1880 |
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