Diagram
Date
24 September 1670
Creator
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p3
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 317mm
width (page): 199mm
width (page): 199mm
Subject
Description
A figure in a letter from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Franciscus Slusius dated 20 September 1670. The diagram is part of Pierre Hérigone's solution to finding the rational co-ordinates of an equilateral hyperbola, as given in his Cursus mathematicus (Paris, 1634-37).
There are copies at LBO/4/076 and LBC/4/104.
There are copies at LBO/4/076 and LBC/4/104.
Related fellows
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
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