Correspondence
by Hall, A. Rupert (Alfred Rupert), Tilling, Laura, Newton, Isaac, Royal Society
by Hall, A. Rupert (Alfred Rupert), Tilling, Laura, Newton, Isaac, Royal Society
This seven volume set is intended to give in as complete a form as possible the correspondence of Isaac Newton. The project to bring Newton's correspondence to the public domain began in 1947 when the Newton Letters Committee was founded at the Royal Society, with the following …
As Newton had by now entered his eighth decade, it can be no surprise that the correspondence in this sixth volume shows a marked decline in his activity and intellectual vigour. While the number of extant letters written by him on other that Mint business is relatively small, t…