Diagram relating to Alhazen's problem
Date
6 December 1672
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Manuscript page number
p408
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Dimensions
height (page): 313mm
width (page): 197mm
width (page): 197mm
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Description
Diagram relating to Alhazen's problem in Renatus Slusius's letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 6 December 1672.
The problem attributed to Alhazen (the Latinized name of Ibn al-Haytham (965-1045)) is to find a point of reflection on the surface of a spherical mirror in relation to two points, the eye and the visible object.
The diagram in the original letter can be found at EL/S1/73/002.
The problem attributed to Alhazen (the Latinized name of Ibn al-Haytham (965-1045)) is to find a point of reflection on the surface of a spherical mirror in relation to two points, the eye and the visible object.
The diagram in the original letter can be found at EL/S1/73/002.
Related fellows
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
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