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  • Rare Book Library acquires Isaac Newton manuscript

    May 11, 2018 4:00 pm by Jodi HeckelCampus Life
    Rare Book and Manuscript Library head Lynne Thomas poses with the manuscript. Photo by L. B. Stauffer

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    • Rare Book and Manuscript Library head Lynne Thomas poses with the manuscript. Photo by L. B. Stauffer

    The manuscript, written by Sir Isaac Newton, provides instructions for making the philosopher’s stone, a substance thought to have special powers of transformation