Reference number | EL/O2/132 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London |
Creator | Oldenburg; Henry (1619-1677); German natural philosopher in England; scientific correspondent |
Date | 25 September 1673 |
Description | Thanks for welcoming English travellers who have passed through Liege; refers Slusius to the works of John Wallis and of James Gregory who have both demonstrated Guldin's centrobaric rule; recounts literary notices from Mr Collins, who also sends some mathematical problems for Slusius; sends Isaac Barrow's attempt at solving the problem with the two conic sections |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | London, England |
Origin coordinates | 51.50853, -0.12574 |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 10, p 260 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/1622a671-125d-4013-b314-5291ffae1913 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA5659 | Slusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman | 1622 - 1685 |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |