Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius
Reference number: EL/O2/33
Date: 24 September 1670
Description
Concerning the work of Isaac Barrow on optics; concerning the work of Gerard Kinckhuysen on algebra; concenring Barrow's work on algebra - discussing the rational ordinates of a circle or equilateral hyperbola; considering compound interest and annuities solved by Isaac Newton; concerning trigonometry; concenring equations
- Reference number
- EL/O2/33
- Earliest possible date
- 24 September 1670
- Page extent
- 7 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg
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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, 24 September 1670, EL/O2/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_33/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-renatus-slusius, accessed on 21 June 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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Renatus Franciscus Slusius
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Henry Oldenburg
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