Diagram
Date
25 July 1670
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
vol4 p55
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 301mm
width (page): 175mm
width (page): 175mm
Subject
Description
A diagram relating to Renatus Franciscus Slusius’s proposed solutions to problems discussed in Issac Barrow’s Lectiones opticae (1669, p. 38), in a letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 25 July 1670. Slusius asked his demonstration to be sent on to John Collins, who in turn sent it to Barrow, who sent it on to Isaac Newton.
This is a copy of LBO/4/043. The diagram in the original letter is at EL/S1/63/001.
This is a copy of LBO/4/043. The diagram in the original letter is at EL/S1/63/001.
Related fellows
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Isaac Barrow (1630 - 1677, British) , Classical and Mathematical Scholar, Scholar
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Isaac Barrow (1630 - 1677, British) , Classical and Mathematical Scholar, Scholar
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