Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

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"This letter was read to the Royal Society on the 12th of October 1664. The present translation is in the handwriting of Oldenburg, who sent a copy of the original to Boyle, as may be seen in the collection of his works, vol. V. p.312." Rigaud

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This category contains the manuscript letters in the Macclesfield collection excluding the Newton holographs and letters to Newton. It also contains a few other items which were bound alongside these letters.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Macclesfield Collection principally comprises the archives of John Collins (1625-1683) and William Jones (1675-1749). As well as being mathematicians in their own right, both men corresponded with leading scientific figures of their day and so the collection includes autograph material by Isaac Newton, Edmond Halley, Henry Briggs, Roger Cotes, Henry Oldenburg and Robert Hooke.

Scope and Contents From the File:

This is an album consisting primarily of holograph letters to and from 17th and 18th century scientists, including Collins, Oughtred, Cavendish, Briggs, Fermat, Oldenburg, Halley, Boyle, Wallis and others. There are also some copy letters and other scientific papers.

Scope and Contents Contains a transcription of a letter from Christiaan Huygens to Henry Oldenburg dated 14 January 1672/3, from Paris. The original is published in Huygens's 'Oeuvres Completes' (The Hague, 1888-1950), vol. VII, no.1919, p.242. An English translation by Oldenburg appeared in Philosophical Transactions (1665-1678), Vol. 8. (1673), pp. 6086-6087, as 'An Extract of a Letter Lately Written by an Ingenious Person from Paris, Containing Some Considerations upon Mr. Newtons Doctrine of Colors, as...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Primarily Newton autographs and letters to Newton.

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"At the meeting of the Royal Society on the 23rd of July, 1662, "The amanuensis was ordered to translate from the French Mons. Huygens's letter to Sir Rob. Moray," of the 14th of July, 1662. An extract from the original was entered in their Letter Book, and this is probably the translation which was made from it." Rigaud.

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"At a meeting of the Royal Society on 20th of August 1662, the amanuensis was ordered to translate into English, from the French, M. Hugens's letter to Sir Rob. Moray, dated from the Hague the 18th of August. The extract in the original is entered in their Letter Book, and this is probably the translation to which reference is made." Rigaud.