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Letter, from John Collins to Renatus Slusius

Reference number: CLP/24/15

Date: c.17th century

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Concerning a method of tangents and Hudden's Annexa Geometriae Cartesianae (on the dividing the high equations); also Horrox's Problema Atronomico.

Subject: Mathematics, Astronomy

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CLP/24/15
Earliest possible date
c.17th century
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Collins

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John Collins, Letter, from John Collins to Renatus Slusius, c.17th century, CLP/24/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_24_15/letter-from-john-collins-to-renatus-slusius, accessed on 23 January 2025

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