Diagram of Newton's experimentum crucis
Date
10 June 1672
Creator
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
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Manuscript page number
p4
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Dimensions
height (page): 315mm
width (page): 203mm
width (page): 203mm
Subject
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Description
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).
There is a copy of the diagram at LBC/5/284.
The letter was printed with an erroneous figure in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 7, no. 85 (July 1672).
There is a copy of the diagram at LBC/5/284.
Object history
Printed in a woodcut diagram (erroneously) of his 'Experimentum Crucis', Isaac Newton, 'Answer to Father J. Pardies', Phil. Trans. vol. 7 no. 85 (July 1672), 5014-5018, at 5016.
Printed in 'Experimentum Crucis', Isaac Newton, 'Answer to Father J. Pardies', Phil. Trans. vol. 7, no. 85 (July 1672), pp. 5014-18 (p. 5016).
Printed in 'Experimentum Crucis', Isaac Newton, 'Answer to Father J. Pardies', Phil. Trans. vol. 7, no. 85 (July 1672), pp. 5014-18 (p. 5016).
Related fellows
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
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