Triangle
Date
14 January 1680
Creator
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
f44 p1v
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 294mm
width (page): 192mm
width (page): 192mm
Subject
Description
A geometrical problem in a letter from John Flamsteed to Richard Towneley dated 14 January 1680. Flamsteed set the problem for Towneley's amusement.
Transcription
If you please for your diversion to resolve the following problem analitically I shall give you a construction of it.
In the triangle above described is given the angle at b 98.30 the side a 184 parts and the lesser segment of the bas s 43, to find the triangle.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
In the triangle above described is given the angle at b 98.30 the side a 184 parts and the lesser segment of the bas s 43, to find the triangle.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Related fellows
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
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