Diagrams
Date
ca. 15 March 1670
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
vol3 p383
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 300mm
width (page): 179mm
width (page): 179mm
Subject
Description
Figures in a letter to Henry Oldenburg, dated around 15 March 1670, from John Collins, who had been editing the works on curves and conic sections by John Wallis and Isaac Barrow. Collins proposed several problems relating to them to Renatus Franciscus Slusius.
The figures were copied from LBO/3/309-10. The figures in the original letter can be found at Cl.P/24/17/003.
The figures were copied from LBO/3/309-10. The figures in the original letter can be found at Cl.P/24/17/003.
Related fellows
John Collins (1936, American) , Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
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