Cycloids
Date
26 May 1669
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p2
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 310mm
width (page): 205mm
width (page): 205mm
Subject
Description
Diagrams of cycloids, discussed in a letter by Renatus Slusius dated 26 May 1669 to Henry Oldenburg. The letter was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 3 June 1669.
The diagrams are copied at LBO/3/084-085 and LBC/3/106-107.
The diagrams are copied at LBO/3/084-085 and LBC/3/106-107.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 3 June 1669, ‘Mr. Oldenburg read [a] letter […] by Monsr. Slusius from Liege May 26, 1669, communicating his judgment on Mr. Mercator’s Logarithmo-technia, sent him by Mr. Oldenburg, and his general method for demonstrating the nature of the cycloid and infinite cycloidical figures. This last letter was recommended to the perusal and consideration of the president, who was desired to inform the society of the import of it’ (Birch 2:376-77).
Related fellows
Renatus Franciscus Slusius (1622 - 1685, Belgian) , Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Associated place