Diagram relating to Alhazen's problem
Date
31 August 1672
Creator
Unknown, Artist
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Manuscript page number
p1
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Dimensions
height (page): 308mm
width (page): 203mm
width (page): 203mm
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Description
The debate between Huygens and Slusius about the solution to the problem of finding a point of reflection on the surface of a spherical mirror in relation to two points, the eye and the visible object, attributed to Alhazen (Ibn al-Haytham (965-1045)) had been discussed at the meetings of the Royal Society on 3 July 1672 and 18 December 1672.
This diagram is from Slusius's discussion of Alhazen's problem in a letter to Oldenburg, which was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 8, no. 98 (November 1673), pp. 6145-46.
There are copies of the diagram at LBO/4/337 and LBC/5/369.
This diagram is from Slusius's discussion of Alhazen's problem in a letter to Oldenburg, which was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 8, no. 98 (November 1673), pp. 6145-46.
There are copies of the diagram at LBO/4/337 and LBC/5/369.
Object history
R. F. Slusius and C. Huygens, 'Continuation of the optical problem of Alhazen,' Phil. Trans. vol. 8, no. 98 (November 1673), pp. 6145-46.
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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