Record

RefNoRBO/1/20
AltRefNoRBO.1.99
LevelItem
Title'Mr Hobbs's [Thomas Hobbes] Proposition To find two meane proportionalls betweene two straight lines Given'
Date1 October 1661
Description'By the Kings Order Brought in By Sir Paule Neile Sept the 4th 1661 and Registerd Octob the 1st'
With details of the construction of the problem
Mathematical figure attached
By Mr Hobbs
LanguageEnglish
Extent2 sides
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk, size height 22cm x width 18cm.
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialRBO/1/21 (at page 101) for Brouncker's answer to problem
RelatedRecordCLP/1/14
RBC/1/23
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8265Neile; Sir; Paul (1613 - 1686); courtier and patron of science1613 - 1686
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