Catalogue Entry: ALCH00085

Dictionary of (al)chemical terms, materials and apparatus (late 1660s-early 1670s), with directions for performing various operations.

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: Not yet dated, in English , c. 7,000 words, 16 pp.

Source: Ms. Don b.15, Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK

Custodial History

Bought at the Sotheby sale by R.V. Sowers for £19.10s. Bought, according to the Bodleian Catalogue of Manuscripts, 'with a contribution from Roy V. Sowers' in 1967, the 'contribution' presumably consisting of a discount.

Sotheby Lot

SL16

Contents

Entries run alphabetically from 'Abstraction' to 'Vrinous Salt'. In some cases the headword is followed only by a gap in which to insert the definition. Refers to Boyle's Of Formes and Qualities (1666), but much appears to be Newton's own work.