Newton, Sir Isaac, 1642-1727 (Knight, natural philosopher and mathematician)
Dates
- Existence: 1642 - 1727
Biography
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was born at Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, on 25 December 1642. He attended Grantham Grammar School, 1654-1656, before matriculating at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1661 (B.A., 1665), where he became a Fellow in 1667. In 1669 he was appointed Lucasian Professor at the university. Newton was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672, and served as its President, 1703-1727. He was M.P. for Cambridge University, 1689 and 1701-1702. Newton's work on optics was published in 1704, and his research on the laws of motion appeared in his Principia, published in 1687. His other work included theological writings and the use of astronomy to try to amend ancient chronology. He was knighted in 1705, and died at Kensington, London, on 20 March 1727.
Found in 431 Collections and/or Records:
Notes on God's omnipresence (recto) and rough calculations (verso)
Comes before f.128.
Notes on Gravitational Experiment, c 1665-c 1700
Early drafts of the Principia and related notes; additions, corrections and revisions to the Principia. This is the 'general' category: papers relating specifically to lunar theory or containing mathematical problems are classified separately.
Notes on Inheritance Laws and Mathematics, c 1665-c 1672
The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.
Notes on Magnetism, c 1670-c 1680
From unknown source. The observations (some of which are erroneous) do not seem to be Newton's, though here and there remarks upon them seem to be his.
Notes on Optics
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Notes on Proposition XXXIX, c 1710-c 1715
The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.
Notes on Tangents and Other Subjects, 30 October 1665-13 November 1665
The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.
Notes on the Correspondence in Wallis's Works, Vol. 3, c 1700-c 1712
The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.
Notes on the Exodus
From Polemo, Africanus, Diodorus and others.
Notes on the Leibniz Controversy, c 1713
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Notes on the Leibniz Controversy, c 1713
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Notes on the Leibniz Controversy, c 1713
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Notes on the Leibniz Controversy, c 1713
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Notes on the Newton/Cotes correspondence of 1710, c 1713
Newton autograph.
Notes on the Velocity of Sound, c 1670-c 1710
On the back there's a note on the proportionality of mass to weight.
Notes primarily from Epiphanus concerning the Ebionites
Calculations on verso.
Notes relating to Calculation of orbits of Comets, c 1690-c 1710 (f.170 is dated "Sept. 13 1695".)
Probably in preparation for the second edition of Principia.
Notes relating to the Leibniz controversy, c 1713
Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.
Observations and Calculations about Comets, 1680-1721
Early drafts of the Principia and related notes; additions, corrections and revisions to the Principia. This is the 'general' category: papers relating specifically to lunar theory or containing mathematical problems are classified separately.
Observations and Calculations about Comets, c 1721 (The letter at f.551r is dated 2nd September 1721.)
f.551r is a letter signed "Eliz[abe]th Johnson."
Observations and Calculations about Comets, c 1700-c 1725
Early drafts of the Principia and related notes; additions, corrections and revisions to the Principia. This is the 'general' category: papers relating specifically to lunar theory or containing mathematical problems are classified separately.
Observations on the Algebra of Kinckhuysen, c 1669
In 1669 Newton was asked by Barrow and Collins to add notes to a translation of Kinckhuysen's Algebra. He agreed on the condition that he would remain anonymous. This is a draft of these notes.
Observations on the Prophesies, c 1700
'Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St John'. A collection of fragments assembled by Newton's half-nephew Benjamin Smith with a view to publication, and printed posthumously, 1733.
Odd Notes on Gems, c 1670-c 1680
On gems and other subjects.
Of Gems, c 1670-c 1680
English translation of parts of Add. 3974.4-5.
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 421
- Collection 10
- Subject
- Mathematics 36
- Calculus 15
- Astronomy 6
- Education 5
- Geometry 5
- Science 5
- Study subjects 4
- Physics 3
- Trigonometry 3
- Algebra 2
- Ancient history 2
- Chronology 2
- Mechanics 2
- Mining 2
- Music 2
- Optics 2
- Accounts 1
- Arithmetic 1
- Bible 1
- Cosmography 1
- Geography 1
- Gravitation 1
- History 1
- Latin 1
- Law 1
- Microscopy 1
- Minerals 1
- Natural philosophy 1
- Navigation (science) 1
- Probability theory 1
- Shipbuilding 1
- Spilsby, Lincolnshire 1 + ∧ less