Copies of two letters, from William Brouncker and Christopher Wren regarding precedence of mathematical demonstration

Reference number: EL/B1/13

Date: 08 October 1673

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Both letters concern when and who first communicated and published the discovery and demonstration that a straight line is equal to a cycloid

Subject: Mathematics

Reference number: EL/B1/13
Earliest possible date: 08 October 1673
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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William Brouncker

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Christopher Wren

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William Brouncker, Christopher Wren, Copies of two letters, from William Brouncker and Christopher Wren regarding precedence of mathematical demonstration, 08 October 1673, EL/B1/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_13/copies-of-two-letters-from-william-brouncker-and-christopher-wren-regarding-precedence-of-mathematical-demonstration, accessed on 12 November 2025

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters B1
1659-1675 Reference number: EL/B1

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Dates: 1613 - 1740

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