| RefNo | EL/S1/66 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich |
| Creator | Sluse; Ren Franois de (1622-1685); Walloon mathematician; clergyman |
| Date | 22 November 1670 |
| Description | Concerning the constructions of the Alhazen problem by Huygens and Slusius, who each followed similar lines of analysis; concerning Tacquet's work on optics; concerning delivery of books and literary notices and enquiries; concerning Barrow's work on tangents; concerning Gomez Pereira's work 'Antoniana margarita'
Mathematical figures in text |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 7p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Lige, Wallonia, Belgium |
| Origin coordinates | 50.63373, 5.56749 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 7, p 246
Partially printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 8, no 97, p 6119 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/fb432b34-fca7-40f7-8fef-337967c28dd7 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA5659 | Slusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman | 1622 - 1685 |