Diagram relating to drawing tangents to a curve
Date
12 January 1671
Creator
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p167a
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 49mm
width (page): 52mm
width (page): 52mm
Subject
Description
Diagram inserted in a copy of a letter dated 12 January 1671 that 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).
A copy of this diagram can be found at LBC/4/227.
A copy of this diagram can be found at LBC/4/227.
Related fellows
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Isaac Barrow (1630 - 1677, British) , Classical and Mathematical Scholar, Scholar
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Isaac Barrow (1630 - 1677, British) , Classical and Mathematical Scholar, Scholar
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