Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.15981

    Line of motion

    Date
    7 June 1669
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p1
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 310mm
    width (page): 195mm
    Subject
    Description
    Figure illustrating a 'line of motion' in relation to William Neile's theory of motion, in John Wallis' letter dated 7 June 1669 to Henry Oldenburg. A similar line is used in Wallis's letter of 29 May 1669 (EL/W1/89/001).
    Related fellows
    John Wallis (1616 - 1703, British) , Mathematician
    Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
    William Neile (1637 - 1670, British) , Mathematician
    Associated place
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