Diagrams for the quadrature of a circle
Date
18 August 1702
Creator
Unknown, Artist
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Manuscript page number
p9
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Dimensions
height (page): 198mm
width (page): 197mm
width (page): 197mm
Subject
Description
Diagrams described as 'Iconismus pro tetragonismo D. Ioannis Aymon', which are copied from Gaspar Schott, Technica curiosa (1664), vol. 2, p. 599, plate 1. They were part of the papers sent by Jean Aymon, which contained a mathematical theory for the quadrature of the circle with the hope of squaring a crescent shape. The letter was read to the Royal Society on 14 October 1702.
Another copy can be found at LBO/27/123.
Another copy can be found at LBO/27/123.
Object history
14 October 1702, 'Two letters were Read from Monsieur Aymon concerning some Papers he formerly sent' (JBO/10/255).
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