Title

Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician and astronomer, (c1850) Artist: Unknown

Caption

Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician and astronomer, (c1850). Newton's discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought. His theories of gravity and his three laws of motion were outlined in his greatest work, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, (1687) and he is credited with discovering differential calculus. Knighted by Queen Anne in 1705, Newton is buried in Westminster Abbey, London. Taken from the book Old England's Worthies. (London, c1850).
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Date

1850

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C25_176

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No

License type

Rights managed

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50,0Mb (2,4Mb) / 12,6in x 15,5in / 3766 x 4640 (300dpi)

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