Diagram to discover the foci of conic sections
Date
25 July 1670
Creator
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
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Manuscript page number
p45
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 311mm
width (page): 197mm
width (page): 197mm
Subject
Description
A diagram to discover the foci of conic sections in Franciscus Renatus Slusius's letter dated 25 July 1670 to Henry Oldenburg.
A copy of this diagram can be found at LBC/4/059.
A copy of this diagram can be found at LBC/4/059.
Related fellows
Isaac Barrow (1630 - 1677, British) , Classical and Mathematical Scholar, Mathematician
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
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