Diagrams relating to curves and conic sections
Date
ca. 15 March 1670
Creator
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p311
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 308mm
width (page): 201mm
width (page): 201mm
Subject
Description
Figures in a letter to Henry Oldenburg, dated around 15 March 1670, from John Collins, who had been editing the works on curves and conic sections by John Wallis and Isaac Barrow. Collins proposed several problems relating to these works to Renatus Franciscus Slusius.
There is a copy of the top figure in LBC/3/385. The figures in the original letter can be found in Cl.P/24/17/005.
There is a copy of the top figure in LBC/3/385. The figures in the original letter can be found in Cl.P/24/17/005.
Related fellows
John Collins (1936, American) , Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
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