Paper, 'An account of a book "Methodus figurarum lineas rectis et curvis comprehensarum quadraturas determinandi" authore J Craige' ["A method of determining the quadrature of figures with straight lines and curves"] by unknown author and Johanne Craige [John Craig]
Reference number: CLP/1/38
Date: 17th century
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Craig's book was printed in London in 1685. The first page, in English, comments on the general methods of finding the tangent of curve lines and of quadrature. The following pages, in Latin, are Craig's addition to his book on determining quadratures of figures. Includes equations and a diagram.
Subject: Geometry
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of a book. Methodus Figurarum lineis rectis & curvis comprehensarum quadraturas determinandi authore J. Craige. 4to. Londini 1685'.
- Reference number
- CLP/1/38
- Earliest possible date
- 17th century
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Craig, Paper, 'An account of a book "Methodus figurarum lineas rectis et curvis comprehensarum quadraturas determinandi" authore J Craige' ["A method of determining the quadrature of figures with straight lines and curves"] by unknown author and Johanne Craige [John Craig], 17th century, CLP/1/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_1_38/paper-an-account-of-a-book-methodus-figurarum-lineas-rectis-et-curvis-comprehensarum-quadraturas-determinandi-authore-j-craige-a-method-of-determining-the-quadrature-of-figures-with-straight-lines-and-curves-by-unknown-author-and-johanne-craige-john-craig, accessed on 07 June 2026
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An account of a book. Methodus Figurarum lineis rectis & curvis comprehensarum quadraturas determinandi authore J. Craige. 4to. Londini 1685 External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 1st September 1686
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1686.0031
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Classified papers: volume 1 concerning 'Arithmetick, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry'
1669-1731 Reference number: CLP/1
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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