| Reference number | CLP/1/30 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, on mathematical problems by Johannes [Jean] Bernoulli |
| Date | [1697] |
| Description | Paper concerning problems relating to the descent of mechanical-geometric lines and geometrical problems of sides.
At bottom handwritten note reads: 'Chartam hanc ex Gallia missam accepti [This paper was sent from France] Jan 29 1696/7' and below, 'Sir Isaac Newton's hand.'
Printed at Groningen in 1697.
Subject: Mathematics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Epistola missa ad prænobilem virum D. Carolum Mountage Armigerum, Scaccarii Regii apud Anglos cancellarium, & Societatis Regiae præsidem, in qua solvuntur duo problemata Mathematica à Johanne Barnoullo Mathematico celeberrimo proposita'. |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Printed |
| Physical description | Typescript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1695.0064 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8414 | Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician | 1642 - 1727 |
| NA7378 | Bernoulli; Jean (1667 - 1748) | 1667 - 1748 |