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Notebook on Newton and physics
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Replica of Sir Isaac Newton's telescope on top of a book entitled:Contributions from Mount Wilson Observatory
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Replica of Sir Isaac Newton's telescope sitting on top of a book, Contributions from Mount Wilson Observatory. Photographer Edison R. Hoge. Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "Replica of Sir Isaac Newton's Telescope made for Festival of Britain [1951]. Given to EPH (see correspondence, Admiralty, HL Coll)."
mssHUB 1082 (12)
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Jack London notebook
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Although this was originally Jack London's high school geometry notebook, London used it as a scrapbook after the original use. Most of the notebook pages have bits of paper glued onto them with quotes, lists of names (surnames, female names, male names, etc.), as well as lists of words in their vernacular such as "White Southern Vernacular," "Low Irish Vernacular," "California Spanish Vernacular," etc. Most of that material is typewritten but there is also handwritten material by London in the notebook. There are still several pages with mathematical equations in London's hand. Handwritten on the cover: "Jack London - Geometry" and "A.U.A.-'96."
mssHM 80607
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William Ernest Dalby: Electrical engineering notes: notebook
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The notebook of Professor William Ernest Dalby, F.R.S. [Fellow of the Royal Society] contains notes, equations, and three diagrams. It is undated.
mssHM 83065
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Richard Bentley notebook
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It is conjecture that the author of this notebook is Richard Bentley ("R. Bentley" appears on the verso of the second flyleaf). The volume includes several essays including "Sanderson's Hydrostaticks," "De Microscopiis," "De Telescopiis," and "Demonstrations of the 6th Axiom in Dr. Isaak Newton's Opticks." There are also 8 pages of notes regarding mathematics.
mssHM 72871
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Some Thoughts on the Newtonian System of Philophy [sic]: notebook
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The text of this notebook contains notes regarding Newton's philosophies. The chapters are: Upon Attraction; Of the Prime Mover; Of the orbits of the Planets; Of Comets & their orbits; and A Review of & further discussions upon this System. The author may well be William Whiston, Newton's friend and successor. Included with the manuscript is a letter by B. F. Atkinson, of University Library, Cambridge, to the Curator at the Babson Institute stating that the manuscript is not in the hand of Henry Pemberton (1950, June 1). In modern binding.
mssHM 76720
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Death mask of Sir Isaac Newton : [object]
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One of only five known originals, the masks were prepared shortly after Newton's death by sculptor John Michael Rysbrack (1694-1770) and subsequently used as the model for his bust of Newton in Westminster Abbey. Copies of the mask were sent to French sculptor Louis-Franc̦ois Roubiliac (1702-1762) for his statue of Newton in Trinity College Chapel.
mssHM 83446