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Catalogue Entry: NATP00122

Draft of the 'Discourse Concerning Light and Colors'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. early 1675, c. 16,465 words

Source: MS Add. 3970.3, ff. 501r-517r, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

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