Diagram regarding the synchronism of vibrations in a cycloid
Date
23 June 1673
Creator
Unknown, Artist
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Manuscript page number
p3
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 150mm
width (page): 197mm
width (page): 197mm
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Description
Diagram of William Brouncker's demonstration of the synchronism of vibrations in a cycloid (in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 8, no. 94 (1673), p. 6032, where the author is only identified as 'an author of quality'). It was transmitted to Huygens by Oldenburg in a letter dated 27 June 1673 (EL/O2/120/004). Brouncker mentions this paper in his letter to Oldenburg, 23 June 1673.
There are further copies at LBO/6/164 and LBC/6/188.
There are further copies at LBO/6/164 and LBC/6/188.
Related fellows
William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker of Lyons (1620 - 1684, British) , Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
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