Diagrams relating to drawing tangents to a curve
Date
12 January 1671
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Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p166
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 311mm
width (page): 197mm
width (page): 197mm
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Description
In a letter dated 12 January 1671, Henry Oldenburg wrote to Renatus Franciscus Slusius to convey James Gregorie's commentary on Isaac Barrow's method of drawing tangents in Lectiones geometricae (1670). The diagrams relate to this topic.
Copies of these diagrams can be found in LBC/4/224-25.
Copies of these diagrams can be found in LBC/4/224-25.
Related fellows
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
James Gregorie (1638 - 1675, Scottish) , Mathematician
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
James Gregorie (1638 - 1675, Scottish) , Mathematician
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
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