Manuscripts
Isaac Newton et ses travaux: copy of book chapter
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Excerpts from Edmond Becquerel's La lumière, ses causes et ses effects
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Handwritten excerpts, in English, from Becquerel's publication La lumière, ses causes et ses effects. First manuscript is pages 207-213 of Becquerel's publication; the second one begins on page 322 and includes 19 pages of handwritten text.. The manuscripts are stamped "From the William J. Hammer Scientific Collection."
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[Photograph of portrait of Isaac Newton by Godfrey Kneller]
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Description 35 x 23 cm. Babson no. BC / J31 Notes Gift. Photograph by Dr. Snelson of a portrait of Newton by Godfrey Kneller at the Willam Andrew Clark Library
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Statue of Sir Isaac Newton at Cambridge [graphic]
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Description image 25 x 18 cm., sheet 34 x s5 cm Babson no. BC/J23 Notes Color plano lithograph depicting the statue of Newton at the Chapel in Trinity College, Cambridge. Image includes a small child at play.
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Babson College's Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton: Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Most of the manuscripts in this collection came from Sotheby's 1936 Portsmouth sale of Newton's papers. They include correspondence, research notes, and documents, over 30 of which are in Newton's hand. The collection demonstrates the wide range of Newton's activities: his extensive studies of alchemy and theology, his work for the Royal Mint and the Royal Society, as well as his personal records. Highlights include: "A Treatise or Remarks on Solomon's Temple," with commentary and six sketches of plans and architectural details drawn by Newton, "Praxis," considered one of his most important alchemical manuscripts, and an illustrated alchemical text picturing the Philosopher's Stone. Another notable manuscript is "Lib. Chem," Newton's inventory of over 100 alchemical books in his personal library, with shelf marks. The collection also contains correspondence and documents written by Newton's contemporaries. Of particular note is a letter from Gottfried Leibniz to Nicolas Bernoulli written in June 1713, in which Leibniz entreats Bernoulli to help justify his claim to priority over Newton in the discovery of the calculus.The collection maintains the arrangement in which it was received from The Burndy Library at The Dibner Institute for the History of Science. Items are arranged in the following order: Boxes 1–4: Manuscripts, arranged sequentially according to the Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton catalog numbers. Boxes 5-7: Oversize Manuscripts, arranged sequentially according to the Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton catalog numbers. Box 8: A Treatise or Remarks on Solomon's Temple.
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Newton, Isaac, 1642–1727. Newton family pedigrees with genealogical trees
Manuscripts
Most of the manuscripts in this collection came from Sotheby's 1936 Portsmouth sale of Newton's papers. They include correspondence, research notes, and documents, over 30 of which are in Newton's hand. The collection demonstrates the wide range of Newton's activities: his extensive studies of alchemy and theology, his work for the Royal Mint and the Royal Society, as well as his personal records. Highlights include: "A Treatise or Remarks on Solomon's Temple," with commentary and six sketches of plans and architectural details drawn by Newton, "Praxis," considered one of his most important alchemical manuscripts, and an illustrated alchemical text picturing the Philosopher's Stone. Another notable manuscript is "Lib. Chem," Newton's inventory of over 100 alchemical books in his personal library, with shelf marks.
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Isaac Newton related artwork, photographs, drawings, and prints from Babson College's Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton, (bulk 1690s-1950s)
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Description 23 x 38 cm Babson no. BC/[J]48 Notes Unframed and housed in mylar. Backing of frame is dated in pencil Dec. 1947 with label "Haley & Steele Art Dealers". A typewritten label reads: "Old London before the Great Fire of 166. From the original etching by Hollar (1607-1677)." The original was published before 1657.
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