| Reference number | EL/W1/117 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from John Wallis [to the Royal Society] |
| Creator | Wallis; John (1616-1703); mathematician; cryptographer; Savilian Professor of Geometry, University of Oxford |
| Date | nd |
| Description | States that he found a straight line equal to a cycloid in 1658 and that this was known in England, France and Holland; concerning William Neile demonstrating a straight line equal to a crooked one - note in different hand states that Wallis's method might be computed equal to a straight line |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/ee482d6d-3878-4035-ab89-3b2afe764342 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |