Sujet
Letter from Sir Issac Newton to William Briggs, 20th June 1682.Artist: Isaac Newton
Légende
Letter from Sir Issac Newton to William Briggs, 20th June 1682. Letter written from Trinity College, Cambridge by Newton to William Briggs, MD, commending his New Theory of Vision but dissenting from some of his conclusions. The New Theory of Vision was published in Robert Hooke's Philisophical Collections, No 6, 1682., and a Latin version, made by Newton's advice and accompanied by a commendatory letter from him to the author, appeared in 1685. From the third series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V, (London, 1899).
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Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C17_377
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,2Mo (3,2Mo) / 30,0cm x 42,0cm / 3541 x 4960 (300dpi)