Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.14664

    Diagrams

    Date
    29 March 1700
    After
    John Wallis (1650, British) , Mathematician
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p204
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 313mm
    width (page): 197mm
    Description
    Three diagrams drawn in the margin of the page. These relate to John Wallis's explanation of his method of measuring figures (plain or solid) defined by curves. Copied from Wallis's letter to Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz dated 29 March 1700 (EL/W2/71/002). Another copy is at LBC/12/219-20.
    Related fellows
    John Wallis (1650, British) , Mathematician
    Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646 - 1716, German) , Natural philosopher
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