They are manicules, a punctuation mark to indicate a note, see more about them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_(typography)
The transcriptions are being prepared by the Newton Project (see http://www.newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk/prism.php?id=1) The waste book has been transcribed: http://www.newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk/catalogue/record/NATP0...…
There's plenty more about Newton's work on alchemy here: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/ Hi lab notebook is also great if you're intereted in the chemistry side of things!…
Thank you for spotting this. The transcriptions for the Newton papers are supplied by a third party (The Newton Project, http://www.newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk) so we will pass this onto them. At a quick glance at a few…
They are manicules, a punctuation mark to indicate a note, see more about them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_(typography)
The transcriptions are being prepared by the Newton Project (see http://www.newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk/prism.php?id=1) The waste book has been transcribed: http://www.newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk/catalogue/record/NATP0...…
There's plenty more about Newton's work on alchemy here: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/ Hi lab notebook is also great if you're intereted in the chemistry side of things!…
Thank you for spotting this. The transcriptions for the Newton papers are supplied by a third party (The Newton Project, http://www.newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk) so we will pass this onto them. At a quick glance at a few…