| Reference number | EL/O2/100 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius |
| Creator | Oldenburg; Henry (1619-1677); German natural philosopher in England; scientific correspondent |
| Date | 16 December 1672 |
| Description | Sends Slusius's construction of the Alhazen problem to Huygens; concerning the height of mercury in a tube purged of air; wishes to see Slusius's method of tangents; that Mr Collins would like to know Slusius's opinion of Hudden's appendix to 'Geometrie' of Descartes, which Oldenburg quotes, and also about Dulauren's assertions regarding cubic equations |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 2p |
| 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 9, p 361 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/918429c5-30f0-42be-8a2e-ec0d6a67e0a6 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA5659 | Slusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman | 1622 - 1685 |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c 1619 - 1677 |