Record

Reference numberCLP/24/36
LevelFile
TitleLetter, from John Collins to Henry Oldenburg
Datec.12 September 1669
DescriptionRefers to a letter Oldenburg is sending to [Renatus Franciscus] Slusius. Collins asks Oldenburg to request that Slusius send Griemberger's 'Catalogue Stellarum Fixarum' [Catalogue of the fixed stars]. Also asks that Oldenburg ask Slusius if he has any instruction for the 'Solving of Solid Problems'.

Subject: Astronomy, Mathematics.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
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Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueCLP/24/36/2
CLP/24/36/1
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA2898Collins; John (1625 - 1683); mathematician and scientific administrator1625 - 1683
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA5659Slusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman1622 - 1685
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