| Reference number | EL/W2/5 |
| 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 | 17 February 1673 |
| Description | Concerning Martin Lister's discourse about veins in plants; about freezing rain in Somerset; Slusius's method of drawing tangents to all geometric curves |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3p |
| 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 9, p 466
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 8, no 95, p 6060 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/0626f137-393d-46ca-b5b0-1b0bddab2623 |
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 |