Diagram
Date
3 February 1674
Creator
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p2
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 283mm
width (page): 188mm
width (page): 188mm
Subject
Description
Diagram in a copy of a letter from Francis Jessop to Martin Lister dated 3 February 1674, in which Jessop discusses the construction of an incomplete (he calls it a 'bastard') cycloid. Lister sent on the letter to Henry Oldenburg on 7 Febraruy 1674, but asked for the original letter to be returned to him. This is a copy in Oldenburg's hand.
Francis Jessop (1638-1691) of Sheffield, a close friend of John Ray, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society but corresponded with the Society on topics such as tides and cycloids.
Francis Jessop (1638-1691) of Sheffield, a close friend of John Ray, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society but corresponded with the Society on topics such as tides and cycloids.
Related fellows
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Martin Lister (1639 - 1712, British) , Physician
Martin Lister (1639 - 1712, British) , Physician
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