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attempts by, to convict

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and Boyle,
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builds case against Chaloner,
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at Cambridge,
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on Chaloner,
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Chaloner's accusations against,
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Chaloner's letters of appeal to,
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childhood of,
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counterfeiters' resentment of,
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death of and epitaphs for,
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as detective,
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determines to track down Chaloner,
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experiments on himself,
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fame of,
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farming background of,
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interrogations by,
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last years of,
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mental breakdown of,
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notebooks of,
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personal characteristics of,
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recoinage project of,
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and religion,
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as Royal Mint's Master,
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as Royal Mint's Warden,
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on silver devaluation,
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as victim of pyramid scheme,
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See also
Knowledge;

Mathematics;
titles of works by and scientific subjects studied by

Newton, Isaac (father),
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"Nip,"
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North America,
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Norwich (England),
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Oldenburg, Henry,
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Opticks
(Newton),
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Optics (in physics),
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Orphans' Fund, City of London,
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Paper

currency,
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scarcity of, in Newton's time,
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Parabola,
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Parliament,
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and Bank of England,
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Chaloner's attempts to trick,
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currency investigations of,
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makes counterfeiting a treasonous crime,
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Newton's defense of his actions before,
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punishments set by, for counterfeiting operations,
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recoinage approved by,
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revenue-raising schemes of,
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on South Sea Company,
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See also
Convention Parliament

Passbooks,
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not available to Chaloner,
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for Newton,
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in Royal Mint,
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Patterson, William,
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Payne, Harry Neville,
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Pearce, Zachary,
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Peel, Robert,
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Peers, John,
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Peine forte et dure,
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Pembroke, Earl of,
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Pepys, Samuel,
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and Newton's breakdown,
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on the plague,
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as Royal Mint visitor,
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Perkins (smith),
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coins of,
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Phelps-Brown, E. H.,
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Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica
(Newton).
See Principia
(Newton)

Physics (natural philosophy),
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Pickpockets,
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Pistoles,
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Miller's passing of,
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"Pleading one's belly,"
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Pope, Alexander,
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Portsmouth, Earl of,
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Praxis
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Price, Aubrey,
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reception of,
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second edition of,
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Prisms,
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Privy Council,
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Proposals Humbly Offered, for Passing, an Act to Prevent Clipping and Counterfeiting of Money
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Quested, Samuel and Mary,
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Rack (for torture),
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Radnor, Lord,
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Rain gauges,
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Recoinage

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process of,
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Religion.
See
Anglican Church; Catholicism; Jews; Theology

Reuss, Benjamin,
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Rewards

for Chaloner's arrest,
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for convictions of counterfeiters,
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for information about counterfeiters,
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for information about Jacobite sedition,
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Rewse, Bodenham,
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Royal Astronomical Society,
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Royal Mint

Chaloner's allegations about counterfeiting and theft at,
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