| RefNo | EL/S1/59 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich |
| Creator | Sluse; Rene Francois de (1622-1685); Walloon mathematician; clergyman |
| Date | 1669 |
| Description | Concerning Christopher Wren's demonstration of the hyperbolical cylindroid which could be used for lathe work; concerning errors in Hobbes' 'Mesolabe'; asks whether there are any books to be acquired from the Frankfurt book fair
Mathematical formulae in text
Read to the Royal Society on 21 October 1669 |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Liege, Wallonia, Belgium |
| Origin coordinates | 50.63373, 5.56749 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 6, p 178 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/1cc986a8-f364-4ec2-b615-7c019a8b7640 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c 1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c 1619 - 1677 |
| NA5659 | Slusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman | 1622 - 1685 |