Diagrams relating to infinite series
Date
10 April 1675
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p10
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 321mm
width (page): 192mm
width (page): 192mm
Subject
Description
Geometrical diagram in a draft letter from John Collins to Henry Oldenburg dated 10 April 1675, to be communicated to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. In this work, Collins summarises the insights of James Gregorie, Isaac Barrow, John Pell, John Wallis, Edward Davenant and Isaac Newton.
For copies of this letter, see MS/81/26, LBO/7/217-23, and
LBC/7/327-36.
For copies of this letter, see MS/81/26, LBO/7/217-23, and
LBC/7/327-36.
Object history
Extract printed in Commercium Epistolicum D. Johannis Collins, et aliorum De analysi promota (London: Typis Pearsonianis, 1712), pp. 39-41; Commercium epistolicum D. Johannis Collins, et aliorum de analysi promota (London: J. Tonson & J. Watts, 1722), pp. 118-21.
Related fellows
John Collins (1625 - 1683, British) , Mathematician, Mathematician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646 - 1716, German) , Natural philosopher
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646 - 1716, German) , Natural philosopher
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