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RefNoEL/O2/100
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius
CreatorOldenburg; Henry (1619-1677); German natural philosopher in England; scientific correspondent
Date16 December 1672
DescriptionSends Slusius's construction of the Alhazen problem to Huygens; concerning the height of mercury in a tube purged of air; wishes to see Slusius's method of tangents; that Mr Collins would like to know Slusius's opinion of Hudden's appendix to 'Geometrie' of Descartes, which Oldenburg quotes, and also about Dulauren's assertions regarding cubic equations
LanguageLatin
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 9, p 361
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/918429c5-30f0-42be-8a2e-ec0d6a67e0a6
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CodePersonNameDates
NA5659Slusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman1622 - 1685
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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