| Reference number | EL/M1/53 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Nicholas Mercator to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Mercator; Nicolaus (1620-1687); mathematician |
| Date | 16 July 1668 |
| Description | Details of additions to his quadrature of the hyperbola
On the back is a letter from John Collins about this letter from Mercator, who was not aware of the inconvenience to John Wallis, and explains Mercator's mathematical method |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 4, p 559 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/5b74859e-6574-456a-9cef-3c0282dc86d3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA7751 | Mercator; Nicolas (c 1620 - 1687); mathematician and astronomer | c 1620 - 1687 |