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Collins notes that [Renatus Franciscus] Slusius was mentioned in the preface of Stefano degli Angeli's treatise 'De Infinitorum Spiralium Spatiorum Mensura'. Goes onto provide extracts from this treatise and accompanying notes in English. Asks Oldenburgh [Oldenburg] to translate the extracts and send them onto Slusius.

Collins wrote the letter in English, which Oldenburg then translated into Latin.

Subject: Mathematics

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CLP/24/24
Earliest possible date
1660
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Collins

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John Collins, Letter, from John Collins to Henry Oldenburg, 1660, CLP/24/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_24_24/letter-from-john-collins-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 05 October 2024

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