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Newton Papers: Newton's Waste Book

by poindontcare on 6/25/16, 11:27 PM with 11 comments

• by arcanus on 6/26/16, 1:15 AM

  Anyone catch a reference to alchemy? I saw some doodles around page 100 but most of the text is hard to read.

• by CamperBob2 on 6/26/16, 6:17 AM

  A usable .PDF would sure be nice.

• by B1FF_PSUVM on 6/26/16, 11:31 AM

  Details are not given about size and weight, but it does look like a rather large, thick book ["Extent: 2181 ff. approx.", albeit with "a complex foliation (numbering)"]

  Can't help being reminded of the old NYT Sunday newspaper joke - for the man smart enough to read it, and athletic enough to carry it ...

• by fchopin on 6/26/16, 12:51 PM

  What is the purpose of the drawings of hands, e.g. pg. 61?

• by biswaroop on 6/26/16, 2:24 PM

  Fascinating. It took me a while to realize that the symbol that looks like 4^E is actually 'ye', or 'the'.