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Reference numberEL/S1/79
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg
CreatorSluse; Rene Francois de (1622-1685); Walloon mathematician; clergyman
Date13 September 1673
DescriptionThat the letter with enquiries has arrived but is unable to answer them; concerning Henry Aldridge, nephew of Robert Boyle, who delivered another letter; mentioning that he is able to demonstrate the rule of centrobarics of Guldin (relating to convex curved surfaces)
LanguageLatin
Extent2p
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 10, p 178
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/cbe063c4-c290-4b43-bd02-bd3896e51ad9
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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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