Isaac Newton 1686 · Cambridge
Remember a meal, eat standing
Mealtime · Estimated placement
Estimated by typical tue. 13:00 does not establish a regular lunch hour.Source timing: Mealtime, unspecified.
“eat a bit or two standing”
Short verbatim excerpt · Humphrey Newton
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Assistant’s recollections · manuscript transcriptionOpen
Two letters to John Conduitt
January and February 1727/8 · The Newton Project
Keynes Ms. 135, King’s College, Cambridge · normalized transcription
Passage: First letter, p. 2
Timing & context
A note on this hour
Humphrey sometimes found his food untouched and reminded him.
Cambridge · the Principia years · Assistant’s retrospective account
Humphrey recalled about five years of service. His account gives habits rather than a timetable; occasional garden walks remain labelled as such.
1686 represents the 1680s period when Humphrey Newton assisted him; it is not the date of a recorded day.
Manuscript catalogue · The Newton Project ↗