| Reference number | EL/W2/17 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | John Wallis, dated at Oxford, to Martin Lister |
| Creator | Wallis; John (1616-1703); mathematician; cryptographer; Savilian Professor of Geometry, University of Oxford |
| Date | 12 January 1673 |
| Description | Concerning Hevelius not using telescopic sights; discussing who found a straight line equal to a curve, and how Jessop was mistaken about this; discusses quadrature of the circle; concerning Jessop's objections to Wallis's hypothesis about tides |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Origin coordinates | 51.75222, -1.25596 |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 10, p 432 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/85e4a7a2-744e-442c-ba83-f7623b19e868 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8382 | Lister; Martin (1639 - 1712); physician and naturalist | 1639 - 1712 |
| NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |