Diagrams relating to conic sections
Date
10 March 1670
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Manuscript page number
p293
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Dimensions
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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