Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.15960

    Methods of tangents

    Date
    15 February 1672
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p4
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 302mm
    width (page): 188mm
    Description
    These small sketches appear on the back of a paper by John Wallis on the method for calculating tangents. These appear to be unrelated, however Wallis often made small figures similar to the central circles when calculating sums.
    Transcription
    Epitome vinae methodi tangentium Doctoris Johannis Wallisii
    Transcribed by the Making Visible project
    Related fellows
    John Wallis (1616 - 1703, British) , Mathematician
    Associated place
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