Letter, from John Collins to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: CLP/24/24
Date: 1660
Description
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
- Reference number
- CLP/24/24
- Earliest possible date
- 1660
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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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Classified papers: volume 24, papers of John Collins, Henry Oldenburg, Robert Hooke, mathematics
17th century Reference number: CLP/24
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John Collins
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Henry Oldenburg
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Renatus Franciscus Slusius
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