Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O1/72

Date: 19 June 1668

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Transcribes William Brouncker's method for squaring the hyperbola; enquires about the author of the Austrian problem concerning the inscription of a heptagon in a circle; concerning distribution of his 'Mesolabe'

Reference number: EL/O1/72
Earliest possible date: 19 June 1668
Page extent: 6 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London, 19 June 1668, EL/O1/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_72/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-renatus-slusius-dated-at-london, accessed on 11 October 2024

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The squaring of the hyperbola, by an infinite series of rational numbers, together with its demonstration, by that eminent mathematician, the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Brouncker External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1668

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1668.0009

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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 O1 (Oldenburg)
1663-1669 Reference number: EL/O1

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Renatus Franciscus Slusius
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