Method of finding the length of an arc of a circle
Date
1669
Creator
Unknown, Artist
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Manuscript page number
p1
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height (page): 345mm
width (page): 229mm
width (page): 229mm
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Description
John Collins' method of finding out the length of an arc of a circle which is different from the method in James Gregorie's Exercitationes Geometrica. This was mentioned in a letter of 2 April 1669 from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Franciscus Slusius, and a Latin translation was included in a letter dated 16 July 1669 (EL/O2/3 with diagram at /003).
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John Collins (1625 - 1683, British) , Mathematician, Mathematician
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
James Gregorie (1638 - 1675, Scottish) , Mathematician
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
James Gregorie (1638 - 1675, Scottish) , Mathematician
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