"Opticks: or a Treatise on Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light," 4th ed., 1730

Artifact

Book

Date Made

1730

Creators

Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 

Innys, William, d. 1756 

Place of Creation

United Kingdom, England, London 

Creator Notes

Written by Sir Isaac Newton. This fourth edition printed for William Innys at the West-End of St. Paul's, London, England.

Collection Title

Book Collection 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

36.325.8

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Leather
Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Height: 8 in

Width: 5.25 in

Length: 1.375 in

Inscriptions

On book spine: NEWTON / OPTICKS

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