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RefNoEL/B1/9
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from William Brouncker to John Wallis, dated at London
Date15 February 1670
DescriptionDiscussion of Wallis's treatise on the cycloid and his theory for the quadrature of the circle. Written in another hand and signed by Brouncker.

Subject: Mathematics
LanguageLatin
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
Place originLondon, England
Origin coordinates51.50853, -0.12574
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordLBO/4/82
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/6d9106cc-e545-43e1-85ff-2a7d224a128c
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3503Brouncker; William (c1620 - 1684); 2nd Viscount Brouncker; mathematicianc1620 - 1684
NA7472Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer1616 - 1703
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