Letter, from William Brouncker to Christiaan Huygens
Reference number: EL/B1/11
Date: 23 June 1673
Description
Part of an autograph letter concerning a book to be sent by Huygens copied for Henry Oldenburg, titled 'Part of my lettre to M Hugens of June 23 1673'. Note stated: 'Translation entered Letter book 6, 165'
Verso side has the principle upon which Brouncker made his demonstration of the cycloid written by Oldenburg
Subject: Mathematics
- Reference number
- EL/B1/11
- Earliest possible date
- 23 June 1673
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Brouncker, Letter, from William Brouncker to Christiaan Huygens, 23 June 1673, EL/B1/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_11/letter-from-william-brouncker-to-christiaan-huygens, accessed on 22 May 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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William Brouncker
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Henry Oldenburg
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Christiaan Huygens
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