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

Reference number: EL/O2/50

Date: 28 April 1671

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Concerning the subject of optics; that a new theory of analysis has been extracted from letters of Fermat; concerning delivery of books from Germany and Italy to Britain; concerning Gomez Pereyra's opinion about the souls of animals and Oldenburg quotes his friend's views on it; concerning De Launay's about the Cartesian system; concerning literary notices; transcribes an extract from James Gregory's letter which was in response to Isaac Barrow about cycloform curves

Reference number: EL/O2/50
Earliest possible date: 28 April 1671
Page extent: 4 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, 28 April 1671, EL/O2/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_50/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-renatus-slusius-dated-at-london, accessed on 12 February 2026

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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 O2
1669-1736 Reference number: EL/O2

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Renatus Franciscus Slusius
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