Diagram
Date
ca. 12 September 1669
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p1
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 236mm
width (page): 196mm
width (page): 196mm
Subject
Description
Diagram of the problem John Collins wished Henry Oldenburg to pose to Renatus Franciscus Slusius: whether he had a construction 'for salving of Solid problemes, wherein the Axes either of a Parabola or Hyperbola, and the longer Axis of an Ellipses or any two of these figures may meet without the concave figure'.
Collins wrote the letter in English, which Oldenburg then translated into Latin. The English version of the letter is the one depicted here, and copies of the Latin version can be found in the Letter Book (LBO/3/178) and its copy (LBC/3/217).
Oldenburg's letter to Slusius, which included the diagram, is dated 14 September 1669.
Collins wrote the letter in English, which Oldenburg then translated into Latin. The English version of the letter is the one depicted here, and copies of the Latin version can be found in the Letter Book (LBO/3/178) and its copy (LBC/3/217).
Oldenburg's letter to Slusius, which included the diagram, is dated 14 September 1669.
Related fellows
John Collins (1625 - 1683, British) , Mathematician, 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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