Diagram relating to Alhazen's problem
Date
31 August 1672
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p337
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 313mm
width (page): 197mm
width (page): 197mm
Description
The debate between Huygens and Slusius about the solution to the problem of finding a point of reflection on the surface of a spherical mirror in relation to two points, the eye and the visible object, attributed to Alhazen (Ibn al-Haytham (965-1045)) had been discussed at the meetings of the Royal Society on 3 July 1672 and 18 December 1672.
This diagram is from Slusius's discussion of Alhazen's problem in a letter to Oldenburg, which was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 8, no. 98 (November 1673), pp. 6145-46.
The diagram in the letter is at EL/S1/72/001. There is another copy at LBC/5/369.
This diagram is from Slusius's discussion of Alhazen's problem in a letter to Oldenburg, which was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 8, no. 98 (November 1673), pp. 6145-46.
The diagram in the letter is at EL/S1/72/001. There is another copy at LBC/5/369.
Transcription
Prid. Kal. Septemb.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
R. F. Slusius and C. Huygens, 'Continuation of the optical problem of Alhazen,' Phil. Trans. vol. 8, no. 98 (November 1673), pp. 6145-46.
Related fellows
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent