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Letter, from John Wallis to Richard Waller, dated at Oxford

Reference number: EL/W2/52

Date: 22 August 1695

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Demonstrating that a cycloid can be geometrically squared

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EL/W2/52
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22 August 1695
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Wallis

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John Wallis, John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to Richard Waller, dated at Oxford, 22 August 1695, EL/W2/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w2_52/letter-from-john-wallis-to-richard-waller-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 23 June 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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