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RefNoEL/L5/99
LevelItem
TitleCopy of a letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to Collins, dated at Hanover
CreatorLeibniz; Gottfried Wilhelm (1646-1716); German philosopher; mathematician
Date21 June 1677
DescriptionCopied by Robert Hooke
Discussing Newton's method of tangents
Mathematical formulae and figures attached
LanguageLatin
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
Place originHannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Origin coordinates52.37052, 9.73322
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AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/65ea6090-74c8-4d3c-8dc0-98dd99795129
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CodePersonNameDates
NA2898Collins; John (1625 - 1683); mathematician and scientific administrator1625 - 1683
NA8450Leibniz; Gottfried Wilhelm von (1646 - 1716); mathematician and natural philosopher1646 - 1716
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