Paper, Account of Mr. [Richard] Norris' book about arithmetic by Robert Hooke
Reference number: CLP/20/68
Date: 02 December 1685
Description
Robert Hooke's account of Richard Norris' 'The manner of finding of the true sum of the infinite secants of an arch, by an infinite series' (London, 1685), read to the Royal Society on 2 December 1685. Notes that the book was recommended to Hooke by Dr Wallis.
Subject: Geometry, Mathematics
- Reference number
- CLP/20/68
- Earliest possible date
- 02 December 1685
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Robert Hooke, Paper, Account of Mr. [Richard] Norris' book about arithmetic by Robert Hooke, 02 December 1685, CLP/20/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_68/paper-account-of-mr-richard-norris-book-about-arithmetic-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 13 May 2026
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Classified papers: volume 20, Robert Hooke's papers
1662-1699 Creator: Robert Hooke Reference number: CLP/20
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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