Diagrams relating to conic sections
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                                10 March 1670
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                p293
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                height (page): 309mm
width (page): 200mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (page): 200mm
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                                Description
                            
                            
                                Diagrams in a letter from Renatus Franciscus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg dated 10 March 1670. This set of diagrams relate to Slusius's procedure for finding the foci of any conic section. 
These are copied in LBC/3/364. The original letter is at EL/S1/61/003.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            These are copied in LBC/3/364. The original letter is at EL/S1/61/003.
                                Related fellows
                            
                            
                                Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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