Reference number | EL/S1/51 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg |
Creator | Sluse; Rene Francois de (1622-1685); Walloon mathematician; clergyman |
Date | 1667 |
Description | Provides 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 |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
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 3, p 594 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/d8fa80cd-10b9-46a4-8cce-4c85f359f6a1 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
NA5659 | Slusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman | 1622 - 1685 |