Trinity College Notebook (MS Add.3996) Trinity College Notebook (MS Add.3996)
Isaac Newtonc. 1661 - c. 1665
Cambridge University Library
Cambridge, United Kingdom
This is a notebook Newton acquired while he was an undergraduate at Trinity College and used from about 1661 to 1665. It includes many notes from his studies and, increasingly, his own explorations into mathematics, physics and metaphysics. It was judged 'Not fit to be printed' by Newton's executor and was presented to the Library by the fifth Earl of Portsmouth in 1872.
This is a notebook Newton acquired while he was an undergraduate at Trinity College and used from about 1661 to 1665. It includes many notes from his studies and, increasingly, his own explorations into mathematics, physics and metaphysics. As the inscription shows, it was judged 'Not fit to be printed' by Newton's executor and was presented to the Library by the fifth Earl of Portsmouth in 1872.
- Title: Trinity College Notebook (MS Add.3996) Trinity College Notebook (MS Add.3996)
- Creator: Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727, Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727
- Date Created: c. 1661 - c. 1665, c. 1661 - c. 1665
- Location Created: England, England
- Rights: Cambridge University Library, Cambridge University Library
- View the fully digitised item in Cambridge Digital Library using this link: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-03996/1, https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-03996/1
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