Diagram
Date
16 July 1669
Creator
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p140
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 308mm
width (page): 200mm
width (page): 200mm
Subject
Description
Diagram of John Collins's method for determining the length of a circular arc (different from the method in Gregorie's Exercitationes geometrica), which was included in Henry Oldenburg's letter to Renatus Francis Slusius dated 16 July 1669.
This is a copy of the original letter at EL/O2/3/003. It is copied in LBC/3/172. There is another version at Cl.P/22i/3/001.
This is a copy of the original letter at EL/O2/3/003. It is copied in LBC/3/172. There is another version at Cl.P/22i/3/001.
Related fellows
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
John Collins (1936, American) , Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
John Collins (1936, American) , Mathematician
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