Diagrams relating to conic sections
Date
10 March 1670
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
vol3 p364
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 300mm
width (page): 179mm
width (page): 179mm
Subject
Description
Diagrams in a letter from Renatus Franciscus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg dated 10 March 1670. This set of diagrams relate to Slusius's procedure for finding the foci of any conic section.
The figures were copied from LBO/3/293. The original letter is at EL/S1/61/003.
The figures were copied from LBO/3/293. The original letter is at EL/S1/61/003.
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