Geometric diagrams
Date
1685
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 150mm
width (page): 213mm
width (page): 213mm
Subject
Description
Nine geometric diagrams, illustrating ‘A letter from the Reverend Dr. Wallis, Professor of Geometry in the University of Oxford, and Fellow of the Royal Society, London, to Mr. Richard Norris, concerning the collection of secants; and the true division of the meridians in the sea-chart’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 176 (26 November 1685).
John Wallis (1616–1703), British mathematician, was a Founding Fellow of the Royal Society.
John Wallis (1616–1703), British mathematician, was a Founding Fellow of the Royal Society.
Related fellows
John Wallis (1616 - 1703, British) , Mathematician