Catalogue Entry: THEM00012

Letter from Thomas Horne to Newton, with notes by Newton on Middle Eastern cities

Author: Thomas Horne

Metadata: 22 August [c. 1676], in English , c. 685 words, 1 p.

Source: Keynes Ms. 97a, King's College, Cambridge, UK

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Custodial History

Bought at the Sotheby sale by Maggs Brothers for £1.10 and sold to Keynes on 4 August 1936 for the sale price plus 20%.

Sotheby Lot

SL142

Contents

Original letter from Newton's pupil Thomas Horne concerning difficulties in the third book of Descartes' La Géometrie. Dated Hadly [Hadleigh], Suffolk, 22 Aug. (year unspecified).

On the address sheet in Newton's hand, a list of 59 towns in Asia Minor, Babylonia and Media, with their latitudes and longitudes in degrees and minutes (presumably drawn up in connection with his chronological studies).

Related Material

Printed in NC, 2: 86-8.