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RefNoEL/B1/13
LevelItem
TitleCopies of two letters, from William Brouncker and Christopher Wren regarding precedence of mathematical demonstration
Date8 October 1673
DescriptionBoth letters concern when and who first communicated and published the discovery and demonstration that a straight line is equal to a cycloid

Subject: Mathematics
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originLondon, England
Origin coordinates51.50853, -0.12574
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 10, p 291
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/188f9b6c-468b-4baa-979f-db40b4fc2953
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3503Brouncker; William (c1620 - 1684); 2nd Viscount Brouncker; mathematicianc1620 - 1684
NA8299Wren; Sir; Christopher (1632 - 1723); architect, astronomer, and mathematician1632 - 1723
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