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Authorised form of nameWallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer
Other forms of surnameWallys
Dates1616 - 1703
NationalityBritish
Place of birthAshford, Kent, England, Europe
Date of birth3 December 1616
Place of deathOxford, England, Europe
Date of death8 November 1703
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
St Mary's Church, Oxford, England, Europe
OccupationClergyman, Church of England; Mathematician
Research fieldMathematics
ActivityEducation:
School at Ashford; James Mouat's School at Ley Green, near Tenterden, Kent; Felsted School (for 2 years); Emmanuel College, Cambridge (BA 1637); MA 1640); Incorporated at Oxford (1649; DD 1654); Incorporated from Oxford (1656)
Career:
Ordained (1640); Chaplain to Sir Richard Darley (1640-1642) and to Mary, Baroness Vere (1642-1644); employed by Parliament to decipher intercepted dispatches (1642-1645); Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge (1644-1645); Secretary to the Westminster Assembly (1644); Rector of St Gabriel's, Fenchurch Street, London (1645-1647); Minister of St Martin's, Ironmonger Lane, London (1647); Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford (1649-1703); Keeper of the Archives at Oxford (1654-1703); published 'Arithmetica Infinitorum' (1656); one of twelve Presbyterian representatives at the Savoy Conference (1661); Justice of the Peace; Decipherer to William III; opposed the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar (1692);
Membership categoryOriginal Fellow
Date of election20/05/1663
RSActivityCommittee and panels:
Committee for Collecting all the Phaenomena of Nature hitherto observed, and all Experiments made and recorded ; Committee to consider a way of determining the measure of a degree on the earth (1669)
Other Royal Society activityFrequent correspondence with secretary Henry Oldenburg
RelationshipsParents: John Wallis and Joanna Chapman
Married: 1) Susanna Glyde; 2) Elizabeth Harris
Children: John Wallis; Anne Blencowe; Elizabeth Benson
PublishedWorksRCN: R82404
OtherInfoWallis' impact on mathematics is substantial. He can be partially credited with the development of infinitesimal calculus and the introduction of the infinity symbol. He published works in a variety of mathematical areas, including geometry, algebra, arithmetic, and integral calculus. His appointment as Savilian Professor of Geometry was possibly facilitated by the expulsion of the Royalist Peter Turner as well as his previously demonstrated skill in deciphering letters for Parliamentarians.
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SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Venn; Foster
References:
Margaret Deacon, 'Founders of Marine Science in Britain: the Work of the Early Fellows of the Royal Society' in NR 1965 vol 20 pp 28-50
J F Scott, 'The Reverend John Wallis, FRS (1616-1703)' in NR 1960 vol 15 pp 57-67, plate
J F Scott and Sir Harold Hartley, 'William, Viscount Brouncker, PRS (1620-1684)' in NR 1960 vol 15 pp 147-157
J E McGuire and P M Rattansi, 'Newton and the "Pipes of Pan"' in NR 1966 vol 21 pp 108-143
H E Bell, 'The Savilian Professors' Houses and Halley's Observatory at Oxford' in NR 1961 vol 16 pp 179-186
G H Turnbull, 'Samuel Hartlib's Influence on the Early History of the Royal Society' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 101-130
Douglas McKie, 'The Origins and Foundation of the Royal Society of London' in NR 1960 vol 15 pp 1-37
Derek T Whiteside, 'Wren the Mathematician' in NR 1960 vol 15 pp 107-111
Christoph J Scriba, 'A Tentative Index of the Correspondence of John Wallis, FRS' in NR 1967 vol 22 pp 58-93
C S S, 'The Society's Library' in NR 1938 vol 1 pp 21-27
A C S, 'Notes on the Foundation and History of the Royal Society' in NR 1938 vol 1 pp 32-36
Jacqueline A Stedall, 'Catching Proteus: the collaborations of Wallis and Brouncker. I. Squaring the circle' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 293-316
Jacqueline A Stedall, 'Catching Proteus: the collaborations of Wallis and Brouncker. II. Number problems' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 317-331
Katherine Hill, 'Neither Ancient nor Modern: Wallis and Barrow on the Composition of Continua. Part One: Mathematical Styles and the Composition of Continua' in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 165-178, plate
Katherine Hill, 'Neither Ancient nor Modern: Wallis and Barrow on the Composition of Continua. Part Two: The Seventeenth-Century Context: The Struggle Between Ancient and Modern' in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 13-22
Brebis Bleaney, 'The Physical Sciences in Oxford, 1918-1939 and Earlier' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 247-261
G J Whitrow, 'Newton's Role in the History of Mathematics' in NR 1989 vol 43 pp 71-92
J R Philip, 'An Innumerate President of the Royal Society?' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 1-10
A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, 'The Intellectual Origins of the Royal Society - London and Oxford' in NR 1968 vol 23 pp 157-168
Christoph J Scriba, 'The Autobiography of John Wallis, FRS' in NR 1970 vol 25 pp 17-46
Christopher Hill, 'The Intellectual Origins of the Royal Society - London or Oxford?' in NR 1968 vol 23 pp 144-156
G L'E Turner, 'Henry Baker, FRS: Founder of the Bakerian Lecture' in NR 1974-5 vol 29 pp 53-79
A Cook, '1703 and other anniversaries' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 1-2
J Gray, 'Harriot Restored. <i>The greate invention of algebra: Thomas Harriot's treatise on equations</i>, by Jacqueline A Stedall' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 101-102
Notes:
The election date is Wallis' re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously elected on 6 March 1661.
Old Style calendar puts Wallis' date of birth as 23 November 1616 and his date of death as 28 October 1703.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/100212546
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Archives associated with this Fellow
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EL/W1/110Letter, from John Wallis [to the Royal Society]nd
RBO/2ii/46'An Account of a new way of hatching Pigeons' by John Wallis1663
EL/W1/124aNote on Thomas Hobbes' papers by John Wallisnd
EL/P1/52Letter, from Henry Philips to John Wallis1668
EL/W1/37Account of how an analyst would solve a geometrical problem by John Wallisnd
EL/W2/29aLetter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg1 November 1675
IM/004775Wallis, Johnnd
RBO/2i/73'An Account Of a New way of Hatching Pigeons' by John Wallis14 October 1663
IM/004776Wallis, John2000
IM/004777Wallis, John2000
EL/W1/71Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg26 November 1668
EL/W1/102Copy of a letter, from John Wallis to Henry Hyrne, dated at Oxford1670
EL/W1/88Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford17 May 1669
EL/W1/117Letter, from John Wallis [to the Royal Society]nd
EL/W1/123Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford27 June 1671
EL/W2/61Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford17 May 1697
MM/6/86Letter from John Collins to John Wallis14 February 1676
RBC/1/47Dr Wallis his Account of the Experiment made at Gresham College13 August 1662
RBO/4/53'A Discourse of Gravity and Gravitation Grounded on Experimental Observations' by John Wallis1674
RBC/2/1'An Account of the Experiment wherein a Weight is raised by the blowing of a Bladder' by John Wallis4 March 1662
RBC/2/72'An Account of the Effects of Thunder and Lightning sent from Oxford by Dr Wallis'1666
MM/17/43Papers concerning 'Defence of the Royal Society' by John Wallis January 1960
RBC/2/16'An Account of a new way of Hatching Pigeons' by John Wallis1663
MS/366/3/2Animadversiones in Th. Hobbii nuperum de Principiis, et Rationcinatione Geometrum Tractatum1666
MS/366/2/7Dr Wallis concerning the Ecclesiastical Computation of the Paschal Tables in the Church of England1680
MS/366/3/1De Aestu Maris by John Wallis1666
MS/390/36Bonds of John Wallis and Edward Bernard to the Treasurer of the Royal Society30 November 1674 and 22 February 1675
EL/W1/2Letter, from John Wallis to Johannes Hevelius, dated at Oxford30 March 1663
EL/W1/108Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Hyrne4 April 1670
EL/W2/71Letter, from John Wallis to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz29 March 1700
CLP/6/8/2Diagram, explanation of the torricellian experiment by Dr Wallis1662
CLP/6/8/4Diagram, explanation of the torricellian experiment by Dr Wallis1662
EL/W2/39Letter, from John Wallis to the Royal Society30 May 1685
EL/W1/137Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford10 January 1672
IM/005338Wallis, John2001
EL/W1/56Continuation of the second letter by John Wallis [to the Royal Society], dated at Oxoniae [Oxford]18 July 1668
EL/W2/34Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford12 December 1676
EL/W1/12Letter, from John Wallis to Robert MorayDecember
EL/W1/1Account of experiments investigating the motion of descent carried out at Gresham College by John Wallis27 August 1662
RBO/4/1'Of Mr Mercator's Logarithmotechnia' by John Wallis1668
MS/21A Treatise on Logic1685
NLB/60/828Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to S. B. Gaythorpe Esquire; 3 Prospect Road, Barrow-in-Furness12 April 1921
NLB/60/877Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to S. B. Gaythorpe Esquire; 3 Prospect Road, Barrow-in-Furness20 April 1921
EL/W1/59Letter from John Wallis to William Brouncker, dated at Oxonian [Oxford]5 August 1668
EL/W2/48Letter, from John Wallis to Isaac Newton, dated at Oxford10 April 1695
EL/W1/8Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford14 May 1664
CLP/24/26/2Diagram, 'The Answer of John Collins to a Paper of Mr. Hobbs - endeavouring to invalidate the doctrine of Dr. Wallis in his Arithmetica Infinitorum' by John Collins17th century
EL/W1/60Letter, from John Wallis to William Brouncker, dated at Oxford6 August 1668
EL/W1/124Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg4 August 1671
EL/W2/67Letter, from John Wallis to Edmond Halley, dated at Oxford23 May 1702
EL/W1/7Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg7 May 1664
DM/5/70Resolution signed by Henry Oldenburg, appointing a Committee of the Royal Society to consider a way of determining the measure of a degree on the earth21 October 1669
EL/H1/79Letter, from Christian Huygens to John Wallis, dated at Paris10 July 1673
P/0138Portrait of Wallis, John
EL/W1/41Letter, from John Wallis to the publisher of 'Philosophical Transactions', dated at Oxford2 March 1668
CLP/24/26Paper, 'The Answer of John Collins to a Paper of Mr. Hobbs - endeavouring to invalidate the doctrine of Dr. Wallis in his Arithmetica Infinitorum' by John Collins17th century
CLP/24/26/1Paper, 'The Answer of John Collins to a Paper of Mr. Hobbs - endeavouring to invalidate the doctrine of Dr. Wallis in his Arithmetica Infinitorum' by John Collins17th century
EL/W2/46Letter, from John Wallis to Richard Waller, dated at Oxford26 April 1694
EL/W1/64Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford6 October 1668
EL/W1/25Letter, from John Wallis to the publisher of 'Philosophical Transactions'1666
EL/W2/52Letter, from John Wallis to Richard Waller, dated at Oxford22 August 1695
EL/W1/130Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to John Wallis15 August 1671
EL/W1/72Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford27 November 1668
EL/W1/89Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford29 May 1669
EL/W1/49Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford6 July 1668
EL/W1/86Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford24 April 1669
EL/W1/127Letter, from John Wallis [to the Royal Society]nd
EL/W1/141Letter, from John Wallis to the publisher of 'Philosophical Transactions'1672
EL/S1/88Copy of a letter, from Renatus Slusius to John Wallis21 April 1676
EL/W1/45Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford30 March 1668
EL/W2/47Letter, from John Wallis to Richard Waller6 December 1694
EL/W1/80Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford31 December 1668
EL/W2/45Letter, from John Wallis to Richard Waller, dated at Oxford20 February 1694
EL/W1/119Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford7 April 1671
EL/W1/54Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford20 July 1668
EL/W2/1Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford5 October 1672
EL/W1/67Letter, from John Wallis to M Huygens, dated at Oxford13 November 1668
EL/W1/34Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford30 November 1667
EL/W1/138Letter, from John Wallis [to the Royal Society], dated at Oxford6 February 1671
EL/W1/38Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford8 February 1668
EL/H1/107Letter, from Henry Hyrne to John Wallis20 February 1670
EL/O2/177Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to John Wallisnd
EL/H1/108Letter, from Henry Hyrne to John Wallis2 April 1670
EL/W1/30Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford31 January 1667
EL/W1/116Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford24 November 1670
EL/W1/68Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford14 November 1668
EL/W1/128Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford13 August 1671
EL/W2/56Letter, from John Wallis to Edmond Halley, dated at Oxford26 November 1693
EL/W1/82Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford12 January 1669
EL/W1/97Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford17 October 1669
EL/W1/126Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford10 August 1671
EL/W1/118Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford23 March 1671
EL/H1/58Letter, from Christian Huygens to John Wallis, dated at Paris13 November 1668
EL/W2/51Letter, from John Wallis to Richard Waller, dated at Oxford25 June 1695
EL/W2/82Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford1 February 1699
EL/G1/21Letter, from James Gregory to John Wallis, dated at London26 October 1668
EL/W2/76Letter, from John Wallis to the Archbishop of Canterbury [Thomas Tenison]31 August 1699
EL/W2/66Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford11 May 1700
EL/W2/65Letter, from John Wallis to William Brounckernd
EL/W2/60Letter, from John Wallis [to the Royal Society], dated at Oxford5 March 1696
EL/W1/39Account of a mathematical problem from France with a solution in rationals by John Wallis, dated at Oxon [Oxford]8 February 1668
EL/W2/57Letter, from John Wallis to Edmond Halley, dated at Oxford3 December 1695
EL/W2/50Letter, from John Wallis to Richard Waller31 May 1695
EL/W2/32Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford22 August 1676
EL/W1/50Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford8 July 1668
EL/W1/90Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford7 June 1669
EL/W2/26Extract of a letter, from John Wallis to Johannes Hevelius31 December 1673
EL/W2/16Letter, from John Wallis to Johannes Hevelius, dated at Oxford31 December 1673
EL/W1/52Letter, from John Wallis to Robert Moray, dated at Oxford14 July 1668
EL/W1/98Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford9 December 1669
EL/W1/73Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford27 November 1668
EL/W2/78Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford5 September 1698
EL/W2/83Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford22 August 1699
EL/W1/94Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford15 August 1669
EL/W1/15Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford19 June 1665
EL/B1/9Letter, from William Brouncker to John Wallis, dated at London15 February 1670
EL/W2/23Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford22 June 1674
EL/W1/142Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford2 October 1672
EL/W1/120Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford13 May 1671
EL/W2/10Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford15 July 1673
EL/W2/81Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford17 October 1698
EL/W1/131Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford6 November 1671
EL/W1/61Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford25 August 1668
EL/W2/84Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford2 September 1699
EL/W1/113Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford28 October 1670
EL/W2/38aLetter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg1677
EL/W1/132Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford23 November 1671
EL/W2/27Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford11 January 1675
EL/W2/77Letter, from John Wallis to Andrew Fletcher, dated at Oxford18 August 1698
EL/W1/19Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford7 May 1666
EL/W2/36Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford14 March 1677
EL/W1/134Letter, from John Wallis to John Bertet, dated at Oxford19 December 1671
EL/W1/93Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford29 July 1669
EL/W2/14Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg4 October 1673
EL/W1/121Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford2 June 1671
EL/W1/62Letter, from John Wallis to M Huygens, dated at Oxford31 August 1668
EL/W1/92Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford16 July 1669
EL/S1/62Copy of a letter, from Renatus Slusius to John Wallis, dated at Luttich1670
EL/W2/40Letter, from John Wallis to Edmond Halley, dated at Oxford2 July 1686
EL/W2/31Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford4 July 1676
EL/W2/80Letter, from John Wallis to Thomas Beverly, dated at Oxford30 September 1698
EL/W2/72Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford3 February 1700
EL/W2/21Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford31 March 1674
EL/W1/22Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford24 May 1666
EL/W1/106Letter, from John Wallis to Renatus Franciscus Slusius, dated at Oxford29 March 1670
EL/W1/10Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford21 September 1664
EL/W1/14Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford21 January 1665
EL/W1/101Letter, from John Wallis to John Borellius, dated at Oxford13 January 1670
EL/W1/13Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford24 December 1664
EL/W1/9Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford25 May 1664
EL/W1/111Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford22 July 1670
EL/W2/20Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford24 March 1674
EL/W1/11Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford1665
EL/W1/109Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford9 April 1670
EL/W1/46Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford2 July 1668
EL/W2/70Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford7 December 1700
EL/W1/55Letter, from John Wallis [to the Royal Society]1668
EL/W1/70Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford19 November 1668
EL/W1/23Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford2 June 1666
EL/W2/53Letter, from John Wallis to Richard Waller, dated at Oxford27 August 1695
EL/W1/122Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford10 June 1671
EL/W1/87Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford10 May 1669
EL/W2/7Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford9 March 1673
EL/W2/54Letter, from John Wallis [to the Royal Society], dated at Oxford24 October 1695
EL/W2/25Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford15 October 1674
EL/W1/140Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford26 September 1672
EL/W1/85Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford15 April 1669
EL/W1/79Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford21 December 1668
EL/W1/58Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford3 August 1668
EL/W2/75Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford6 September 1699
EL/W1/24Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford8 June 1666
EL/W1/32Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford21 March 1667
EL/W1/31Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford12 February 1667
EL/W2/68Letter, from John Wallis to Edward Tyson1700
EL/W1/35Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford13 December 1667
EL/W2/37Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford29 March 1677
EL/W1/96Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford16 October 1669
EL/W1/17Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford23 April 1666
EL/W1/133Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford27 November 1671
EL/W1/6Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford30 April 1664
EL/W2/44Letter, from John Wallis to Richard Waller, dated at Oxford17 June 1693
EL/W2/49Letter, from John Wallis to Richard Waller, dated at Oxford30 April 1695
EL/W2/4Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford26 December 1672
EL/W2/5Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford17 February 1673
EL/W2/3Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford14 November 1672
EL/W1/135Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford14 January 1672
EL/W2/64Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford20 January 1698
EL/W1/63Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford3 September 1668
EL/B2/14Copy of a letter, from Jean Berdet to John Wallis, dated at Paris1 December 1671
EL/W2/33Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford24 October 1676
EL/W1/139Paper, 'Epitome binae Methodi Tangentium' [Epitome of two methods of tangents] by John Wallis, dated at Oxonia [Oxford] 15 February 1671
CLP/6/8/5Diagram, explanation of the torricellian experiment by Dr Wallis1662
EL/W1/100Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford9 January 1669
EL/W2/55Letter, from John Wallis to Edmond Halley, dated at Oxford11 November 1695
EL/W1/51Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford11 July 1668
EL/W1/95Letter, from John Wallis to Renatus Franciscus Slusius10 September 1669
EL/W2/13Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford25 September 1673
EL/W1/136Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford18 January 1672
EL/W2/58Letter, from John Wallis to Richard Waller, dated at Oxford19 February 1696
EL/W2/17Letter, from John Wallis to Martin Lister, dated at Oxford12 January 1673
EL/W1/57Continuation of the second letter, from John Wallis [to the Royal Society]1668
EL/W1/114Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford3 November 1670
EL/W1/78Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford9 December 1668
RBO/7/86Letter from John Wallis to Andrew Fletcher 'concerning the strange effects reported of Musick in former Times beyond what it is to be found in Later Ages'1698
CLP/24/2Paper, 'Vera circuli et hyperbolae quadratura in propria sua proportionis specie inventa et demonstrata [The true way to make the circle and hyperbola square according to their proper proportion, discovered and demonstrated]' by James Gregoryc. 17th century
EL/W1/43Letter, from John Wallis to the publisher of 'Philosophical Transactions', dated at Oxford7 March 1668
EL/W2/59Letter, from John Wallis to Richard Waller1695
EL/W2/74Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane1699
CLP/6/8/1Manuscript, 'Dr Wallis's account of Dr Goddard's expt [experiment] made at Gresham College [London], about weighing of glass-canes with the cylinders of quicksilver standing in them, according to the Torricellian Experiments' by [John] Wallis1662
CLP/6/8/3Diagram, explanation of the torricellian experiment by Dr Wallis1662
EL/W2/63Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane11 January 1698
EL/W2/24Letter, from John Wallis to Mr Coller, dated at Oxford24 August 1674
EL/S1/64Copy of a letter, from Renatus Slusius to John Wallis, dated at Luttich25 July 1670
EL/W1/20Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford12 May 1666
EL/W1/40Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford7 March 1668
EL/W1/29Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford19 January 1667
EL/W1/5Letter, from John Wallis to Johannes Hevelius, dated at Oxford5 April 1664
EL/W2/19Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford20 March 1674
EL/W2/42Letter, from John Wallis to Edmond Halley, dated at Oxford25 November 1686
EL/W2/29Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford1 November 1675
EL/W2/43Letter, from John Wallis to Edmond Halley, dated at Oxford14 December 1686
EL/W1/3Account of a new way of hatching eggs laid by pigeons by John Wallis1663
EL/W1/18Paper, 'The ebbing and flowing of the sea' by John Wallis, dated at Oxon [Oxford]25 April 1666
EL/W1/129Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford16 August 1671
EL/W1/16Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford3 April 1666
EL/W1/81Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford2 January 1669
EL/W1/27Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford11 August 1666
EL/W1/48Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford4 July 1668
EL/W1/53Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford16 July 1668
EL/W1/91Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford15 June 1669
EL/W1/66Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford7 November 1668
EL/W1/83Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford19 January 1669
EL/W1/99Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford7 January 1670
EL/W1/112Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford4 August 1670
EL/W2/8Letter, from John Wallis to Christian Huygens, dated at London30 May 1673
EL/W2/79Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford21 September 1698
EL/W2/28Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford11 February 1675
EL/W2/15Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford20 December 1673
EL/W2/62Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford9 August 1697
EL/W2/30Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford27 May 1676
EL/B2/49Letter, from Dr [Thomas] Beverely to John Wallis at Oxford28 December 1698
CLP/6/8Paper, 'Dr Wallis's account of Dr Goddard's expt [experiment] made at Gresham College [London], about weighing of glass-canes with the cylinders of quicksilver standing in them, according to the Torricellian Experiments' by [John] Wallis1662
EL/W1/107Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford29 March 1670
CLP/3i/42Paper, 'A summary account given by Dr John Wallis of the general laws of motion' by John Wallis15 November 1668
RBO/2i/35'An Account of the Experiment wherein a Weight is raised by the Blowing of a Bladder' by John Wallis4 March 1662
RBO/2ii/31'An Account of the Experiment wherein a Weight is raised by the blowing of a Bladder' by John Wallis 4 March 1662
RBO/7/34Copy of a letter from John Wallis to Edmond Halley concerning the resistance of the air to projectiles dated 4 March 1687 at Oxford9 March 1687
RBO/7/36Copy of a letter from John Wallis to Edmond Halley dated 26 April 1687 at Oxford1687
RBO/7/82'A question in Musick lately proposed to Dr Wallis, concerning the Division of the Monochord, or Section of the Musical canon: with his answer to it'nd
EL/W1/4Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford6 April 1664
EL/W1/21Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford19 May 1666
EL/W1/26Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford2 August 1666
EL/W1/28Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford18 August 1666
EL/W1/33Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford16 November 1667
EL/W1/36Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford1 February 1667
EL/W1/42Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford17 March 1668
EL/W1/44Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford30 March 1668
EL/W1/47Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford2 July 1668
EL/W1/65Letter, from John Wallis to William Brouncker, dated at Oxford4 November 1668
EL/W1/69Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford15 November 1668
EL/W1/74Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford30 November 1668
EL/W1/75Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford3 December 1668
EL/W1/76Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford5 December 1668
EL/W1/77Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford7 December 1668
EL/W1/84Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford11 February 1669
EL/W1/103Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg , dated at Oxford10 March 1670
EL/W1/104Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford19 March 1670
EL/W1/105Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford24 March 1670
EL/W1/115Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford15 November 1670
EL/W2/2Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford25 October 1672
EL/W2/6Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford1 March 1673
EL/W2/9Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford23 June 1673
EL/W2/11Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford2 September 1673
EL/W2/12Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford20 September 1673
EL/W2/18Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford14 February 1674
EL/W2/22Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford7 April 1674
EL/W2/35Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford30 January 1677
EL/W2/38Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford8 May 1677
EL/W2/41Letter, from John Wallis to Edmond Halley, dated at Oxford8 November 1686
EL/W2/69Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford5 December 1700
EL/W2/73Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford20 December 1699
RBO/3/33'An Account Of the Effects of Thunder and Lightning Sent from Oxford' by John Wallis1666
RBO/1/44'Dr Wallis his Accompt of the Experiment made at Gresham College'13 August 1662
RBO/3/39'Of the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea; As it was first written to My Boyle from Oxford' by John Wallis25 April 1666
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