Catalogue Entry: ALCH00027

Notebook (early 1690s), containing alchemical notes from a wide range of sources.

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: Not yet dated, in English and Latin , c. 7,500 words

Source: Keynes Ms. 38, King's College, Cambridge, UK

[Normalized Text (at Chymistry of Isaac Newton)]

Custodial History

Bought at the Sotheby sale by Keynes for £40.

Sotheby Lot

SL58

Contents

Arranged under the headings 'Notanda Chemica' (in Latin, 3 pp.) and 'Sententiæ notabiles' (in Latin and English, 22 pp.). Preceded by the heading 'Index Chemicus', under which is a single entry ('Ablutio') in Latin, and followed by 76 blank leaves.

Related Material

'Sententiæ notabiles' published with notes and a brief commentary in Sherwood Taylor, 'Alchemical work'.