Diagrams
Date
14 October 1702
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Manuscript page number
p123
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Dimensions
height (page): 198mm
width (page): 321mm
width (page): 321mm
Subject
Description
Diagrams described as 'Iconismus pro tetragonismo D. Ioannis Aymon', which are copied from Gaspar Schott, Technica curiosa, 2 vols (1664), II, 599, plate 1. They were part of the papers sent by Jean Aymon, which contained a mathematical theory for the quadrature of the circle with the hope of squaring a crescent shape. The letter was read to the Royal Society on 14 October 1702.
Another copy can be found at EL/A/49/009.
Another copy can be found at EL/A/49/009.
Object history
14 October 1702, 'Two letters were Read from Monsieur Aymon concerning some Papers he formerly sent' (JBO/10/255).
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