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Paper, Isaac Barrow's solution to [Renatus Franciscus] Slusius' 'Construction of Solid Problems' [relayed by John Collins]

Reference number: CLP/24/37

Date: 17th century

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Collins relays Barrow's observations on the 'Construction of Solid Problems' and quadratic equations, primarily that 'when the Equations are quadrato quadratical may be referr'd to these two problems, and be constructed as they, without any reduction or alteration of the termes.'

Subject: Mathematics

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CLP/24/37
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17th century
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Isaac Barrow

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John Collins

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Isaac Barrow, John Collins, Paper, Isaac Barrow's solution to [Renatus Franciscus] Slusius' 'Construction of Solid Problems' [relayed by John Collins], 17th century, CLP/24/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_24_37/paper-isaac-barrows-solution-to-renatus-franciscus-slusius-construction-of-solid-problems-relayed-by-john-collins, accessed on 24 January 2025

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