Letter from Hill to John Flamsteed, 29 December 1681 (The date is in the hand of Flamsteed.)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3979.4
Scope and Contents
Sent by Flamsteed to Newton with MS Add. 3979/9. Nothing is known of Hill except that he was a Canterbury artificer.
Dates
- Creation: 29 December 1681 (The date is in the hand of Flamsteed.)
Creator
- From the Fonds: Newton, Sir Isaac, 1642-1727 (Knight, natural philosopher and mathematician) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Extent
1 folio(s) (f.1 [quarto] paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Bibliography
Corr., vol. II, pp.372-373, n.257; Flamsteed, vol. I, p.784-788, n.403.
Subject
Repository Details
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