Diagram
Date
1670
Creator
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p24
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 181mm
width (page): 146mm
width (page): 146mm
Subject
Description
Diagram in a text by Henry Oldenburg accounting Christopher Wren's promise to John Collins to provide a direct method to divide the area of the ellipse with equal proportions by rays of the right line issuing from either foci. Oldenburg's text indicates that Isaac Newton will do the calculations required.
Related fellows
John Collins (1625 - 1683, British) , Mathematician, Mathematician
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
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