Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.15854

    Diagram regarding the synchronism of vibrations in a cycloid

    Date
    27 June 1673
    Creator
    Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p4
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 212mm
    width (page): 150mm
    Subject
    Description
    In a letter to Christian Huygens dated 27 June 1673, Henry Oldenburg included a transcription of a letter from William Brouncker (dated 23 June 1673) regarding the demonstration of the synchronism of vibrations in a cycloid, which included this diagram.

    The diagram in Brouncker's original letter can be found at EL/B1/11/003. There are other copies at LBO/6/164 and LBC/6/188.
    Related fellows
    Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
    Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
    William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker of Lyons (1620 - 1684, British) , Mathematician
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