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Reference numberEL/S1/51
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg
CreatorSluse; Rene Francois de (1622-1685); Walloon mathematician; clergyman
Date1667
DescriptionProvides solution of a biquadratic equation containing all terms by means of a parabola and a circle; praises the work of the Royal Society; explains experiment to show how an arc can be geometrically solved
Figures in text
Read to the Royal Society on 28 November 1667
LanguageLatin
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
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Access statusOpen
Related materialTranscribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 3, p 594
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/d8fa80cd-10b9-46a4-8cce-4c85f359f6a1
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CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA5659Slusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman1622 - 1685
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