| Reference number | EL/B1/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copies of two letters, from William Brouncker and Christopher Wren regarding precedence of mathematical demonstration |
| Date | 8 October 1673 |
| Description | Both letters concern when and who first communicated and published the discovery and demonstration that a straight line is equal to a cycloid
Subject: Mathematics |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | London, England |
| Origin coordinates | 51.50853, -0.12574 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 10, p 291 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/188f9b6c-468b-4baa-979f-db40b4fc2953 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3503 | Brouncker; William (c1620 - 1684); 2nd Viscount Brouncker; mathematician | c1620 - 1684 |
| NA8299 | Wren; Sir; Christopher (1632 - 1723); architect, astronomer, and mathematician | 1632 - 1723 |