Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford
Reference number: EL/W2/73
Date: 20 December 1699
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Concerning the quadrature of parts of the 'lunula' of Hippocrates by John Perks of Worcestershire, and David Gregory's views about it.
Gregory was a Professor of Astonomy at Oxford.
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- EL/W2/73
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- 20 December 1699
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- 4 pages
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John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford, 20 December 1699, EL/W2/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w2_73/letter-from-john-wallis-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 20 July 2026
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