| Reference number | EL/B1/59 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from John Beale to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Beale; John (1608-1683); Church of England clergyman; writer on agriculture and natural philosophy |
| Date | 28 July 1673 |
| Description | Concerns sending Mr Strode of Maperton's (Somerset) new way of measuring a triangle whose sides are given in numbers without finding a perpendicular
The latter part of Strode's work is attached
Oldenburg endorsed this letter: 'The inclosed of Mr Strodes I sent back to him upon the desire of Dr Beale, after it was enter'd in our 6th Letter book, pag. 215' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Copied into LBO/6/214
Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 10, pp 101-105 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/3d3efff5-d324-45f9-96e1-d3c92b486e24 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3355 | Beale; John (c1608 - c1683); clergyman and writer | c1608 - c1683 |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |