Diagram
Date
24 September 1670
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p76
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 311mm
width (page): 197mm
width (page): 197mm
Subject
Description
A figure in a letter from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Franciscus Slusius dated 20 September 1670. The diagram is part of Pierre Hérigone's solution to finding the rational co-ordinates of an equilateral hyperbola, as given in his Cursus mathematicus (Paris, 1634-37).
The image is copied from the one at EL/O2/33/003. There is another copy at LBC/4/104.
The image is copied from the one at EL/O2/33/003. There is another copy at LBC/4/104.
Related fellows
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Associated place