Holograph draft of royal warrant to Lauderdale to settle salaries and expenses as they become due [as suggested in <ref target="/catalogue/record/MINT00470">MINT00470</ref> (Mint 19/3/107-8)] Isaac Newton c. 368 words The Newton Project Oxford 2017 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 Late 1718, c. 368 words.

Followed by a series of calculations. On reverse: Latin notes on the moon's motion, with more calculations, and English notes on the ratio of the English to the French foot.

 MINT 19/3/104, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 19/3/104 Late 1718 England English Holograph MintEdinburgh Mint Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins Transcribed by Will Scott
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Our will & pleasure is & We do hereby authorise & command you Charles Earlde of LouderdaleLauderdale General of our Mint in North BritainScotland, out of such moneys as pursuant to an Act of Parliament made in the first year of our reign & entituled An Act to continue Duties for encouraging the coinage of money & shall be issued unto you out of orour ExcheqrExchequer by the Lord High Treasurer or any three or more of the Commissioners of our Treasury for yethe time being by way of imprest & upon account for the use & service of our said Mint, to pay pay out also the charges of coinage & incidents charges thereof to whom they shall become due due & also to pay unto the Officers of our said Mint their salaries quarte from time to time as they shall become due to them by their Patents & according to a schedule be annexed unto the Indenture made between her late MatyMajesty Queen Andn on the one part & IJohn Montgomerie Es then MrMaster & Worker of her MatsMajestys Mint on the other part: and also to pay all reasonable bills orf charges for repairing duly exainnedexamined for keeping the Offices in the said & keeping & coining tools in repair the dwelling houses of the Officers within the said Mint wind & water tite., & the coining tools in repair And we do hereby charge & command you & all the Officers of orour said Mint in the several stations to observe the Rules set down in the & directions set down in the said Indenture, with respect to their several stations until as new Indenture shall be made excepting only such alterations as have been made by Act of Parliament & to take care that the moneys be well & duly coined according to the said Rules

Lunæ etiam instar aliorum Planetarum circa axem revolvitur uniformi cum motu respect fixarum, d ejus dies

Lunam vera

Theoriam vero Lunæ circa exam revolventis &

A pendulum vibrating seconds is 63914 inches English & theree Paris feet are to this measure as 864 to 881 according to Mr Hugens. And therefore three Paris feet are