Reference number | CLP/24/24/2 |
Alternative reference number | CLP/24/24 p4 |
Level | Item |
Title | Diagram, by John Collins |
Date | 1660 |
Description | Diagram of the problem John Collins wished Henry Oldenburg to pose to Renatus Franciscus Slusius: whether he had a construction 'for salving of Solid problemes, wherein the Axes either of a Parabola or Hyperbola, and the longer Axis of an Ellipses or any two of these figures may meet without the concave figure'.
The diagram here depicted is a sketch, and the note above says (in the hand of Oldenburg): 'To this is to be added the latter part of the narrative now in my lord Brounckers [William Brouncker] hand, wherein is the Scheme; and the former part is to be translated and sent to Slusius, with the title of Grey's book.'
Subject: Mathematics |
Language | Latin |
English |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Diagram |
Physical description | Ink on paper |
Access status | Open |
Related records in the catalogue | CLP/24/24/1 |
CLP/24/24 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA2898 | Collins; John (1625 - 1683); mathematician and scientific administrator | 1625 - 1683 |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
NA5659 | Slusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman | 1622 - 1685 |