Diagram
Date
17th century
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p4
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 160mm
width (page): 140mm
width (page): 140mm
Subject
Description
Diagram showing sectors of an ellipse, drawn on a scrap of paper (reverse of Cl.P/20/55/003).
Object history
Inserted between two folios (Cl.P/20/55) containing a draft letter by Robert Hooke concerning Monsieur de Castelet's comments on Descartes's theory of the flux and reflux of the sea, but not clearly connected with this.
Related fellows
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place