A Catalogue of the Portsmouth Collection of Books and Papers Written by Or Belonging to Sir Isaac Newton: The Scientific Portion of which Has Been Presented by the Earl of Portsmouth to the University of CambridgeUniversity Press, 1888 - 56 pages |
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... CHEMISTRY . * I . Parcels containing Transcripts from Alchemical authors * II . Papers on Alchemy 11 18 * III . Books on Alchemy 19 V. IV . Notes of Experiments Miscellaneous Notes ib . 20 VI . A MS . Note - book 21 • * These have been ...
... CHEMISTRY . * I . Parcels containing Transcripts from Alchemical authors * II . Papers on Alchemy 11 18 * III . Books on Alchemy 19 V. IV . Notes of Experiments Miscellaneous Notes ib . 20 VI . A MS . Note - book 21 • * These have been ...
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... made clear by the catalogue which is now put forth . It divides itself ( excluding the correspondence ) into the heads of Mathematics , Chemistry and Alchemy , Chronology , History , and Theology . X PREFACE . CHRONOLOGY.
... made clear by the catalogue which is now put forth . It divides itself ( excluding the correspondence ) into the heads of Mathematics , Chemistry and Alchemy , Chronology , History , and Theology . X PREFACE . CHRONOLOGY.
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... chemical experiments made at various dates between 1678 and 1696. Some of these are quantitative . Those of most interest relate to alloys . He mentions several easily fusible alloys of bismuth , tin and lead , and gives as the most ...
... chemical experiments made at various dates between 1678 and 1696. Some of these are quantitative . Those of most interest relate to alloys . He mentions several easily fusible alloys of bismuth , tin and lead , and gives as the most ...
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... Newton on the same subject . 4. Two shorter drafts of the same letter . SECTION II . CHEMISTRY . * I . FIVE PARCELS 10 CATALOGUE OF NEWTON PAPERS . Miscellaneous copies of Letters and Papers Papers on finding the Longitude at il.
... Newton on the same subject . 4. Two shorter drafts of the same letter . SECTION II . CHEMISTRY . * I . FIVE PARCELS 10 CATALOGUE OF NEWTON PAPERS . Miscellaneous copies of Letters and Papers Papers on finding the Longitude at il.
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... CHEMISTRY . * I . FIVE PARCELS CONTAINING TRANSCRIPTS FROM VARIOUS ALCHEMICAL AUTHORS IN NEWTON'S HANDWRITING , WITH NOTES AND ABSTRACTS . 1. Notes out of Philalethes . ( 1 ) 2. On Ripley's Vision ; ' Sir G. Ripley his letter to K. Ed ...
... CHEMISTRY . * I . FIVE PARCELS CONTAINING TRANSCRIPTS FROM VARIOUS ALCHEMICAL AUTHORS IN NEWTON'S HANDWRITING , WITH NOTES AND ABSTRACTS . 1. Notes out of Philalethes . ( 1 ) 2. On Ripley's Vision ; ' Sir G. Ripley his letter to K. Ed ...
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