A cycloidic figure
Date
26 May 1669
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
vol3 p106
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 300mm
width (page): 179mm
width (page): 179mm
Subject
Description
A diagram of Renatus Franciscus Slusius's 'cycloidics', for which he claimed to have found a universal method of measurement, in a letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 26 May 1669. It was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 3 June 1669.
This figure was copied from LBO/3/084. The original is at EL/S1/58/002.
This figure was copied from LBO/3/084. The original is at EL/S1/58/002.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 3 June 1669, ‘Mr. Oldenburg read [a] letter […] by Monsr. Slusius from Liege May 26, 1669, communicating his judgment on Mr. Mercator’s Logarithmo-technia, sent him by Mr. Oldenburg, and his general method for demonstrating the nature of the cycloid and infinite cycloidical figures. This last letter was recommended to the perusal and consideration of the president, who was desired to inform the society of the import of it’ (Birch 2:377).
Related fellows
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Associated place