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Print (Engraving) of the Newtonian System, by John Senex, London, c. 1720

Inventory Number 13601


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13601

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
The Newtonian System of Sun, Planets and Comets, to wch is annex'd a translation of part of ye general Scholium at ye end of ye second Edition of Sr Isaac Newton's Principia Concerning God. Engraved by John Senex at the Globe in Salisbury Court near Fleetstreet
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Black ink
Physical technique
Line engraving
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 460mm Width: 275mm
Inventory No
13601

Description

Line Engraving. Broadsheet, [1] p. Price given as 1 shilling; date from notice of Halley's Scheme for the total eclipse of the sun in 1724.