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

Reference number: EL/O2/132

Date: 25 September 1673

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Thanks for welcoming English travellers who have passed through Liege; refers Slusius to the works of John Wallis and of James Gregory who have both demonstrated Guldin's centrobaric rule; recounts literary notices from Mr Collins, who also sends some mathematical problems for Slusius; sends Isaac Barrow's attempt at solving the problem with the two conic sections

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EL/O2/132
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25 September 1673
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London, 25 September 1673, EL/O2/132, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_132/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-renatus-slusius-dated-at-london, accessed on 16 July 2025

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