Diagrams relating to Barrow’s Lectiones opticae
Date
25 July 1670
Creator
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
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Manuscript page number
p44
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Dimensions
height (page): 311mm
width (page): 197mm
width (page): 197mm
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Description
Diagrams relating to Renatus Franciscus Slusius’s proposed solutions, in a letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 25 July 1670, to problems discussed in Isaac Barrow’s Lectiones opticae (1669, pp. 40, 52). Slusius asked his demonstration to be sent on to John Collins, who in turn sent it to Barrow, who sent it to Isaac Newton.
These diagrams are copied from EL/S1/63/002-003. They are also copied at LBC/4/057-058.
These diagrams are copied from EL/S1/63/002-003. They are also copied at LBC/4/057-058.
Related fellows
Isaac Barrow (1630 - 1677, British) , Classical and Mathematical Scholar, Mathematician
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