Diagram relating to Alhazen's problem
Date
27 December 1671
Creator
Unknown, Artist
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Manuscript page number
p3
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height (page): 311mm
width (page): 201mm
width (page): 201mm
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Description
Diagram relating to the problem of Alhazen in Renatus Slusius's letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 27 December 1671.
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.
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.
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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