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Letter, regarding theories about equilateral triangles by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/1/16

Date: 11 March 1671

Description

Letter in French with a suggestion for a solution for finding the centre of the movement of a pendulum ('le centre d'agitation d'un funipandule').

Includes one diagram in text.

Subject: Geometry / Natural Philosophy

Written at Lyon [France].

Reference number
CLP/1/16
Earliest possible date
11 March 1671
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, regarding theories about equilateral triangles by unknown author, 11 March 1671, CLP/1/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_1_16/letter-regarding-theories-about-equilateral-triangles-by-unknown-author, accessed on 07 October 2024

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