Diagram relating to Alhazen's problem
Date
6 December 1672
Creator
Unknown, Artist
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Manuscript page number
p2
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Dimensions
height (page): 309mm
width (page): 189mm
width (page): 189mm
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Description
Diagram relating to Alhazen's problem in Renatus Slusius's letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 6 December 1672.
The problem attributed to Alhazen (the Latinized name of Ibn al-Haytham (965-1045)) is to find a point of reflection on the surface of a spherical mirror in relation to two points, the eye and the visible object.
A copy of this diagram can be found at LBO/5/408.
The problem attributed to Alhazen (the Latinized name of Ibn al-Haytham (965-1045)) is to find a point of reflection on the surface of a spherical mirror in relation to two points, the eye and the visible object.
A copy of this diagram can be found at LBO/5/408.
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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