Levitin, Dmitri (Author)
Mandelbrote, Scott (Author)
Roos, Anna Marie Eleanor (Editor)
Manning, Gideon (Editor)
Springer International Publishing
Pages: 251-275
This chapter presents a new source relating to the activity of Isaac Newton in the late 1670s and 1680s: three letters sent by Newton to his Trinity chamber-fellow, John Wickins, which deal with topics such as the making of telescopes and reading about the history of the early church. The chapter places the letters in context, demonstrating Newton’s engagement with the London instrument trade and with newly acquired books in the library of Trinity College. It also sheds light on the previously mysterious character of Wickins and his activities.
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