| RefNo | EL/W1/95 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from John Wallis to Renatus Franciscus Slusius |
| Creator | Wallis; John (1616-1703); mathematician; cryptographer; Savilian Professor of Geometry, University of Oxford |
| Date | 10 September 1669 |
| Description | Concerning Christopher Wren's hyperbolic cylindroid (made upon a lathe with a straight-edged steel tool), and then how this method could make a hyperbola using an involved calculation; Wallis quotes from his treatise 'De cycloide' about how this can be done
Figures in text |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/e7b422bb-5ca4-4475-ac5c-055ab2ac24cb |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5659 | Slusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman | 1622 - 1685 |
| NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |