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The Chymistry of Isaac Newton
URL: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/index.jsp

Description:
This site "is producing a scholarly online edition of Newton's alchemical manuscripts integrated with new research on Newton's chymistry. ... [A]bout two hundred fifty [pages] have been edited and are available online, including Newton's Most Complete Laboratory Notebook [written between 1669 and 1693]." The site includes text transcriptions, interpretive notes, and a guide to symbols relating to these materials first discovered in 1936. From Indiana University.

Author:
Newman, William R.

Publisher:
The Trustees of Indiana University

Extra Keywords
alchemy chemistry pharmacology medicine

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Alchemy
Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727
People
Scientists

LII Database Information:
Record 19684 created by Ray Van Diest on 11/11/2005
Last modification on 05/01/2007
Last review by Tom McGibney on 11/27/2005
Published: 11/17/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19684