Diagram
Date
16 July 1669
Creator
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p3
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 197mm
width (page): 153mm
width (page): 153mm
Subject
Description
Diagram of John Collins's method for determining the length of a circular arc (different from the method in Gregorie's Exercitationes Geometrica), included in Henry Oldenburg's letter to Renatus Franciscus Slusius dated 16 July 1669.
There are copies of this figure at LBO/3/140 and LBC/3/172. There is another version at Cl.P/22i/3/001.
There are copies of this figure at LBO/3/140 and LBC/3/172. There is another version at Cl.P/22i/3/001.
Related fellows
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
James Gregorie (1638 - 1675, Scottish) , Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
James Gregorie (1638 - 1675, Scottish) , Mathematician
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