Reference number | EL/W2/27 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford |
Creator | Wallis; John (1616-1703); mathematician; cryptographer; Savilian Professor of Geometry, University of Oxford |
Date | 11 January 1675 |
Description | Concerning the publication of his paper on gravity; discussing Robert Hooke's and Johannes Hevelius's thoughts about each other's work; concerning errors in 'Arithmetica Infinitorum' |
Language | Latin |
English |
Extent | 2p |
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 11, p 154 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/bf7ddaae-7eb2-497f-a284-d1fe7afd2323 |
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 |