Diagram relating to Barrow’s Lectiones opticae
Date
25 July 1670
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p3
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 307mm
width (page): 202mm
width (page): 202mm
Subject
Description
A diagram relating to Renatus Franciscus Slusius’s proposed solutions to problems discussed in Barrow’s Lectiones opticae (1669, p. 52), in a letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 25 July 1670. Slusius asked his demonstration to be sent on to John Collins, who in turn sent it to Barrow, who sent it on to Isaac Newton.
There are copies of this diagram at LBO/4/044 and LBC/4/058.
There are copies of this diagram at LBO/4/044 and LBC/4/058.
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