Letter, from Nicholas Mercator to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: EL/M1/53
Date: 16 July 1668
Description
Details of additions to his quadrature of the hyperbola
On the back is a letter from John Collins about this letter from Mercator, who was not aware of the inconvenience to John Wallis, and explains Mercator's mathematical method
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- EL/M1/53
- Earliest possible date
- 16 July 1668
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Nicolas Mercator, Letter, from Nicholas Mercator to Henry Oldenburg, 16 July 1668, EL/M1/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_53/letter-from-nicholas-mercator-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 21 March 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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Henry Oldenburg
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Nicolas Mercator
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