A cycloidic figure
Date
26 May 1669
Creator
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p84
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 309mm
width (page): 200mm
width (page): 200mm
Description
A diagram of Slusius's 'cycloidics', for which he claimed to have found a universal method of measurement, in a letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 26 May 1669. The letter was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 3 June 1669.
This figure is copied from EL/S1/58/002. There is another copy at LBC/3/106.
This figure is copied from EL/S1/58/002. There is another copy at LBC/3/106.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 3 June 1669, ‘Mr. Oldenburg read [a] letter […] by Monsr. Slusius from Liege May 26, 1669, communicating his judgment on Mr. Mercator’s Logarithmo-technia, sent him by Mr. Oldenburg, and his general method for demonstrating the nature of the cycloid and infinite cycloidical figures. This last letter was recommended to the perusal and consideration of the president, who was desired to inform the society of the import of it’ (Birch 2:376-77).
Related fellows
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
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