Title
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 Cambridge
By
Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727
Luard, Henry Richards, 1825-1891
, inscriber.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Cambridge, University Press, 1888
Notes
The catalogue "divides itself (excluding the correspondence) into the heads of mathematics, chemistry and alchemy, chronology, history and theology. Many of the mathematical papers contain Newton's preparations for the Principia".
Preface signed: H. R. Luard, G. G. Stokes, J. C. Adams, and G. D. Liveing. Appendix to the preface contains a few extracts from Newton's papers.
With 32 pp. of advertisements at end.
Subjects
1642-1727
,
1825-1891
,
Archives
,
Bibliography
,
Catalogs
,
Earl of,
,
Great Britain
,
Library
,
Manuscripts
,
Newton, Isaac,
,
Portsmouth, Isaac Newton Wallop,
,
Private libraries
,
Science
,
Sir,
Call Number
Q143.N5 Z5n
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.28102
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/02021432
OCLC:
2431893
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