Letter, from John Wallis to William Brouncker, dated at Oxford
Reference number: EL/W1/65
Date: 04 November 1668

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Discussing James Gregory's work 'Vera circuli et hyperbolae quadratura, in propria sua proportionis specie, inventa, & demonstrata'; Wallis demonstrates in 27 points how the circle cannot be 'analytically squared'
Read to the Royal Society on 3 December 1668
- Reference number
- EL/W1/65
- Earliest possible date
- 04 November 1668
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- 6 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to William Brouncker, dated at Oxford, 04 November 1668, EL/W1/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w1_65/letter-from-john-wallis-to-william-brouncker-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 17 February 2025
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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 -
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William Brouncker
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John Wallis
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