Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science ( IF 0.880 ) Pub Date : 2020-05-27 , DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2020.0006 George Gömöri 1 , Stephen D. Snobelen 2
This paper identifies, describes and analyses Isaac Newton's known inscriptions in alba amicorum (autograph books). It begins with an introduction to the early modern autograph book and its social utility for travelling students. Each Newton inscription is contextualized with brief biographies of the individual album owners. The potential reasons for Newton's use of his chosen epigrams are considered, as are possible reflexive dynamics between him and the album owners that may have helped to inform these choices. An allied consideration is the degree to which Newton's epigrams relate to scholarly projects with which he was engaged when he penned them. A special feature is the identification of the owner of an album from which a Newton inscription was stolen more than half a century ago. This study offers a glimpse of Newton's intellectual reputation across several decades, both on the Continent and in his native England. More broadly, this paper makes contributions to our understanding of Newton's personal life and the strategic use of alba amicorum in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries within the Republic of Letters.
中文翻译:
他在世界上可能会看到什么:艾萨克·牛顿的亲笔签名书摘
本文识别,描述和分析艾萨克·牛顿在晨曲中的已知铭文(签名书)。首先介绍了早期的现代亲笔签名书及其对旅行学生的社会效用。每个牛顿铭文都与个人专辑所有者的简短传记相关联。考虑了牛顿使用他所选择的格言的潜在原因,以及牛顿和专辑所有者之间的反身动力,这些可能有助于告知这些选择。一个相关的考虑因素是牛顿的格言与他笔下从事的学术项目之间的关联程度。一个特殊的功能是识别专辑的所有者,该专辑的所有者在牛顿的铭文上被盗了半个多世纪。这项研究概述了牛顿在欧洲大陆及其祖国英格兰数十年来的学术声誉。在字母共和国内的17世纪末和18世纪初,alba amicorum。