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Paper · 1672 · age 29

An Accompt of a New Catadioptrical Telescope invented by Mr. Newton

by Isaac Newton

Kept from archive.org · 3 files · 1.2 MBCall number NEW P1672.02

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To checkNewton's paper with editorial text by Henry Oldenburg, who died in 1677.Basis: author death years 1727 and 1677, under a life-plus-70-years rule, as of 2026; other rules, such as the United States publication-date rules, are not assessed.The death year here is not in the archive's records; it comes from general knowledge.Files in this work carry different labels; each is listed below.
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5a964039ebb9a8a574220a390ed32ed3b54b8cd7683eceaa2b5345c2c4597e02sha256 of the file (64 characters). Any change to the file changes this code.
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Isaac Newton, An Accompt of a New Catadioptrical Telescope invented by Mr. Newton (1672). Long Keeping, call number NEW P1672.02. https://longkeeping.com/isaac-newton/an-accompt-of-a-new-catadioptrical-telescope-invented-by-mr/
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ia-philtrans-1672-catadioptrical-telescope.pdfmain PDF scan 1.2 MB archive.org 5a964039ebb9a8a574220a390ed32ed3b54b8cd7683eceaa2b5345c2c4597e02 To checkNewton's paper with editorial text by Henry Oldenburg, who died in 1677.Basis: author death years 1727 and 1677, under a life-plus-70-years rule, as of 2026; other rules, such as the United States publication-date rules, are not assessed.The death year here is not in the archive's records; it comes from general knowledge.Held in the archive: a deciding date not yet confirmed from a source. Its source (another site)
ia-philtrans-1672-catadioptrical-telescope_djvu.txt OCR text 16 KB archive.org 8c3738ea400e511097917a513d7db786c61c6b9e67b88bd6504e9deb5c57021f To checkNewton's paper with editorial text by Henry Oldenburg, who died in 1677.Basis: author death years 1727 and 1677, under a life-plus-70-years rule, as of 2026; other rules, such as the United States publication-date rules, are not assessed.The death year here is not in the archive's records; it comes from general knowledge.Held in the archive: a deciding date not yet confirmed from a source. Its source (another site)
NATP00007.html HTML 23 KB www.newtonproject.ox.ac.uk 4d17ab3485a65ed282c4b6140d638da71db667f2720fb13a52e726428f729a31 Likely in copyrightModern Newton Project transcription with a current copyright notice; Newton's own words are public domain.Basis: added material: modern diplomatic transcription, '(c) 2026 The Newton Project'.Held in the archive: likely in copyright. Its source (another site)