Tag: Isaac Newton

Auction Result, Press Release

Manuscript Written And Signed By Sir Isaac Newton, Circa 1715-1725, Realizes $118,750 In University Archives’ Online Auction Held May 26th

The rare manuscript, with mathematical notes and calculations relating to Book III of Newton’s seminal scientific work “Principia”, was the top lot of the 409-lot sale that grossed $678,043. Sir Isaac Newton’s handwritten notes and calculations regarding the longitudinal positions of stars and comets, ideas later formalized in his iconic…