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NATP00001 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Pierpont Morgan Notebook 1659-early 1660s, in English, c. 12,039 words, 58ff. Location: Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, USA [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text]
THEM00092 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: 'Quæstiones quædam Philosophiæ' ('Certain Philosophical Questions') early-mid 1660s, in Greek, Latin and English, c. 20,148 words, 140 ff. of which 13 blank. Shelfmark: Additional Ms. 3996 Location: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text]
NATP00004 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: 'Of Colours' 1665-6, in English, c. 7,664 words, 22 pp. Shelfmark: Additional Ms. 3975, pp. 1-22 Location: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text]
NATP00003 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Draft of 'A Theory Concerning Light and Colors' Late 1671/early 1672, in English, c. 5,137 words, 14pp. Shelfmark: Additional Ms. 3970.3, ff.460-66 Location: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text]
NATP00006 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: A Letter of Mr. Isaac Newton, Professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge; containing his New Theory about Light and Colors 19 Feb. 1671/2, English, c. 5,263 words, 13pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 80, pp. 3075-3087. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]
NATP00007 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: An Accompt of a New Catadioptrical Telescope invented by Mr. Newton 25 March 1672, English, c. 1,453 words, 4pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 81, pp. 4004-4007. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]
NATP00030 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: [A]n Extract of a Letter, received very lately, (March 19th) from the Inventor of this new Telescope, from Cambridge 25 March 1672, in English, c. 412 words, 2 pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 81, pp. 4009-4010. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]
NATP00008 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Mr. Newton's Letter to the Publisher of March 26. 1672. containing some more suggestions about His New Telescope 26 March 1672 (published 22 April 1672), c. 858 words, 3pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 82, pp. 4032-4034. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]
NATP00009 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: An Extract of another Letter of the same to the Publisher, dated March 30. 1672. by way of Answer to some Objections, made by an Ingenious French Philosopher to the New Reflecting Telescope 30 March 1672 (published 22 April 1672), in English, c. 402 words, 2pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 82, pp. 4034-35. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]
NATP00010 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: 'Mr. Isaac Newton's Considerations upon part of a Letter of Monsieur de Bercé printed in the Eight French Memoire, concerning the Cata drioptrical [sic] Telescope, pretended to be improv'd and refined by M. Cassegrain' 20 May 1672, in English, c. 1,376 words, 4pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 83, pp. 4056-59. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]
NATP00053 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: The Observations, made upon these proposals [of Robert Moray] 20 May 1672, in English, c. 753 words, 3pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 83, pp. 4060-4062. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text]
NATP00013 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Mr. Newtons Letter of April 13. 1672. st. v. written to the Publisher, being an Answer to the fore-going Letter of P. Pardies 13 April 1672 (published 17 June 1672), in Latin, c. 956 words, 3pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 84, pp. 4091-3. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]
NATP00014 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: A Serie's of Quere's propounded by Mr. Isaac Newton, to be determin'd by Experiments, positively and directly concluding his new Theory of Light and Colours 8 July 1672 (published 15 July 1672), in English with Latin translation, c. 1,267 words, 4pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 85, pp. 4004 [5004]-5007. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]
NATP00029 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Mr. Newtons Answer to the foregoing Letter 15 July 1672, in Latin, c. 1,958 words, 5 pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 85, pp. 5014-18. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]
NATP00028 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Mr. Isaac Newtons Answer to some Considerations upon his Doctrine of Light and Colors; which Doctrine was printed in Numb. 80. of these Tracts 18 November 1672, in English, c. 7,999 words, 20 pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 88, pp. 5084-5103. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]
NATP00017 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Mr. Newtons Answer to the foregoing Letter further explaining his Theory of Light and Colors, and particularly that of Whiteness 21 July 1673, in English, c. 1,738 words, 6pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 96, pp. 6087-92. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]
NATP00018 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: An Extract of Mr. Isaac Newton's Letter, written to the Publisher from Cambridge April 3. 1673. concerning the Number of Colors, and the Necessity of mixing them all for the production of White 3 April 1673 (published 6 Oct. 1673), in English, c. 1,551 words, 4pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 97, pp. 6108-11. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]
NATP00002 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Hypothesis explaining the properties of light 1675, in English, c. 31,724 words, 58pp. Published in: Thomas Birch, The History of the Royal Society (London, 1757), vol. 3, pp. 247-305. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text]
NATP00054 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: An Answer to this Letter [of Francis Linus] 25 Jan. 1674/5, in English, c. 140 words, 1p. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 110, pp. 219. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text]
NATP00022 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Mr. Isaac Newton's Considerations on the Former Reply; together with Further Directions, How to Make the Experiments Controverted Aright 13 Nov. 1675 (published 24 Jan. 1675/6), in English, c. 890 words, 2pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 121, pp. 500 [501]-502. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]
NATP00023 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: An Extract of another Letter of Mr. Newton, written to the Publisher the 10th of January 1675/6. relating to the same Argument 10 Jan. 1675/6 (published 24 Jan. 1675/6), in English, c. 934 words, 2pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 121, pp. 503-4. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]
NATP00024 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: A particular answer of Mr. Isaak Newton to Mr. Linus his Letter [...] about an Experiment relating to the New Doctrine of Light and Colours 29 Feb. 1675/6 (published 25 March 1676), in English, c. 2,362 words, 6pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 123, pp. 556-561. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]
NATP00026 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Mr Newton's Answer to the precedent Letter 25 September 1676, in English, c. 2,786 words, 8pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 128, pp. 698-705. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]
THEM00093 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: 'De Gravitatione et æquipondio fluidorum' c. mid-1680s, in Latin, c. 9,428 words, 40 pp. Shelfmark: Additional Ms. 4003 Location: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text]
NATP00071 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. (London: 1687) 1687, in Latin, c. 91,513 words, Front Matter [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Definitiones [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Axiomata Sive Leges Motus [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] De Motu Corporum (Liber Primus) [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] De Motu Corporum (Liber Secundus) [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Published in: Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. (London: 1687)
NATP00031 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Opticks: Or, A treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. Also Two treatises of the Species and Magnitude of Curvilinear Figures (London: 1704) 1704, in English, c. 81,571 words, Front Matter (Title Page & Advertisement) [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] The First Book of Opticks. Part I [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] The First Book of Opticks. Part II [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] The Second Book of Opticks. Part I [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] The Second Book of Opticks. Part II [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] The Second Book of Opticks. Part III [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] The Second Book of Opticks. Part IV [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] The Third Book of Opticks [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Published in: Opticks: Or, A treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. Also Two treatises of the Species and Magnitude of Curvilinear Figures (London: 1704)
NATP00055 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Draft Versions of 'The Queries' mainly in English, with some Latin and French, c. 67,133 words, 98pp. Shelfmark: Additional Ms. 3970.3, ff. 231r-301r, 359r, 477v-478r, 610r-612r, 618r-623r Location: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text]
NATP00062 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Optice: Sive De Reflexionibus, Refractionibus, Inflexionibus & Coloribus Lucis. Libri Tres (London: 1706) 1706, in Latin, c. 81,688 words, Front Matter [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Liber Primus, Pars. I [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Liber Primus, Pars. II [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Liber Secundus, Pars. I [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Liber Secundus, Pars. II [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Liber Secundus, Pars. III [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Liber Secundus, Pars. IV [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Liber Tertius [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Published in: Optice: Sive De Reflexionibus, Refractionibus, Inflexionibus & Coloribus Lucis. Libri Tres (London: 1706)
NATP00057 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Draft of the 'Scholium Generale' c. January 1712/3, mainly in Latin, with some English, c. 1,310 words, 4pp. Shelfmark: Additional Ms. 3965, ff. 357-358 Location: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text]
NATP00058 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Draft of the 'Scholium Generale' c. January 1712/3, in Latin, c. 1,078 words, 3pp. Shelfmark: Additional Ms. 3965, ff. 359-360 Location: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text]
NATP00059 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Draft of the 'Scholium Generale' c. January 1712/3, mainly in Latin, with some English, c. 2,605 words, 4pp. Shelfmark: Additional Ms. 3965, ff. 361-362 Location: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text]
NATP00060 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Draft of the 'Scholium Generale' c. January 1712/3, in Latin, c. 1,015 words, 2pp. Shelfmark: Additional Ms. 3965, f. 363 Location: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text]
NATP00061 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Draft of the 'Scholium Generale' c. January 1712/3, in Latin, c. 860 words, 2pp. Shelfmark: Additional Ms. 3965, f. 365 Location: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text]
NATP00072 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. (Cambridge: 1713) 1713, in Latin, c. 102,337 words, Front Matter [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Definitiones [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Axiomata Sive Leges Motus [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] De Motu Corporum (Liber Primus) [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] De Motu Corporum (Liber Secundus) [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Published in: Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. (Cambridge: 1713)
NATP00043 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. The Second Edition, with Additions (London: 1718) 1718, in English, c. 99,960 words, Front Matter (Title Page, Advertisements & Corrigenda) [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] The First Book of Opticks. Part I [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] The First Book of Opticks. Part II [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] The Second Book of Opticks. Part I [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] The Second Book of Opticks. Part II [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] The Second Book of Opticks. Part III [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] The Second Book of Opticks. Part IV [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] The Third Book of Opticks. Part I [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Published in: Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. The Second Edition, with Additions (London: 1718)
NATP00073 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. (London: 1726) 1726, in Latin, c. 104,421 words, Front Matter [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Definitiones [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Definitiones [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Axiomata Sive Leges Motus [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] De Motu Corporum (Liber Primus) [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] De Motu Corporum (Liber Secundus) [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] Published in: Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. (London: 1726)
NATP00056 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: 'General Scholium' 1729, in English, c. 2,193 words Published in: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Vol. 2 (London: 1729), pp. 387-93 [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text]
NATP00027 [View Record]	Author: Isaac Newton Title: A true Copy of a Paper found, in the Hand Writing of Sir Isaac Newton, among the Papers of the Late Dr. Halley, containing a Description of an Instrument for observing the Moon's Distance from the Fixt Stars at Sea Published Oct.-Nov. 1742, in English, c. 541 words, 2pp. Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society No. 465, pp. 155-6. [Read normalized text] [Read diplomatic text] [View Images]

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Isaac Newton, Treatise on Revelation (Section 2) [Yahuda Ms. 9]One of Newton's fullest expositions of his views on how to interpret Biblical prophecy. Drawing on a huge range of historical and literary sources, he attempts to clarify the complex symbolism of the New Testament Book of Revelation by locating it in its pre-Christian, Judaic frame of reference.