Design of telescope
Date
7 March 1673
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Manuscript page number
p71
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height (page): 313mm
width (page): 201mm
width (page): 201mm
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Description
Diagram of telescope and sight in a letter from Isaac Newton to John Collins dated 7 March 1673, to be sent on to James Gregorie.
A represents the great concave,
E the Eye-glass,
BCD a prism of glass or crystal whose sides BC & BD are not flat, but spherically convex.
This diagram is copied at LBC/6/080.
A represents the great concave,
E the Eye-glass,
BCD a prism of glass or crystal whose sides BC & BD are not flat, but spherically convex.
This diagram is copied at LBC/6/080.
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