Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford
Reference number: EL/W2/18
Date: 14 February 1674
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Answer to Jessop about making a straight line equal to a curved one; outlines two ways to make a curve and about rolling a circle on a line; discussing Jessop's objections to his theory about tides
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- EL/W2/18
- Earliest possible date
- 14 February 1674
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford, 14 February 1674, EL/W2/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w2_18/letter-from-john-wallis-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 24 January 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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Henry Oldenburg
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John Wallis
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