Diagram
Date
1685
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p436v
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 330mm
width (page): 210mm
width (page): 210mm
Subject
Description
Roughly drawn diagram on the back of folio 436 in the original manuscript of Newton's Principia.
This is the original manuscript of Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. The manuscript is written out by Humphrey Newton, Isaac Newton's assistant and amanuensis, and annotated by Isaac Newton and Edmond Halley. This is the manuscript from which the first edition was printed.
This is the original manuscript of Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. The manuscript is written out by Humphrey Newton, Isaac Newton's assistant and amanuensis, and annotated by Isaac Newton and Edmond Halley. This is the manuscript from which the first edition was printed.
Object history
Printed as Isaac Newton, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (London, 1687).
Related fellows
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
Associated place