| Reference number | EL/W1/96 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | John Wallis, dated at Oxford, to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Wallis; John (1616-1703); mathematician; cryptographer; Savilian Professor of Geometry, University of Oxford |
| Date | 16 October 1669 |
| Description | Sends a summary of the letter sent to Renatus Slusius concerning Christopher Wren's hyperbolic cylindroid (made upon a lathe with a straight-edged steel tool), and then how this method could make a hyperbola using an involved calculation; Wallis quotes from his treatise 'De cycloide' about how this can be done
Figure in text |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 2 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Origin coordinates | 51.75222, -1.25596 |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcription and translation in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 6, p 282 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/841bdf85-efa9-4466-b0e4-b4a4d3891ee4 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |