| Reference number | EL/S1/73 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Sluse; Ren Franois de (1622-1685); Walloon mathematician; clergyman |
| Date | December 1672 |
| Description | Reiterating the first equation put forward for the problem of Alhazen; concerning an experiment where mercury reached a height of 75 inches; concerning Slusius's decision to make public the rule for drawing tangents to curves
Mathematical figures in text |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 4p |
| 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 330 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/a2c86d1f-72d8-4955-8a6b-d0ce1a4ad7d3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA5659 | Slusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman | 1622 - 1685 |