Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.15994

    Diagram

    Date
    17th century
    Creator
    John Wallis (1616 - 1703, British) , Mathematician
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p10
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 310mm
    width (page): 201mm
    Subject
    Description
    Diagram in a letter from John Wallis to William Brouncker discussing geometrical problems and demonstrating theories raised in the letters of Bernard Frenicle de Bussy. Frenicle was a French mathematician and a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences.
    Related fellows
    William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker of Lyons (1620 - 1684, British) , Mathematician
    John Wallis (1616 - 1703, British) , Mathematician
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