Diagram of Newton's experimentum crucis
Date
11 June 1672
Creator
Unknown, Artist
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Manuscript page number
vol5 p284
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Dimensions
height (page): 302mm
width (page): 176mm
width (page): 176mm
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Description
Copy of a diagram regarding his 'experimentum crucis' in a letter from Isaac Newton, dated at Cambridge, to Henry Oldenburg for Ignatius-Gaston Pardies.
The letter was printed with an erroneous figure in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 7, no. 85 (July 1672).
This is a copy of the diagram at EL/N1/40/004.
The letter was printed with an erroneous figure in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 7, no. 85 (July 1672).
This is a copy of the diagram at EL/N1/40/004.
Object history
Printed in 'Experimentum Crucis', Isaac Newton, 'Answer to Father J. Pardies', Phil. Trans. vol. 7, no. 85 (July 1672), pp. 5014-18 (p. 5016).
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