Bernoulli, Jean, 1667-1748 (Swiss mathematician)
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Observata et dicta apud D. Hugenium, 06 June 1693
Notes of a conversation in Holland with Christian Huygens, concerning an 'horologium' to show hours, months, years, and planetary positions. More general mention of the work of numerous other scientists: Notably, Huygens disputes the notion of John Bernoulli (James Bernoulli's younger brother) that the curve of an inflated sail is part-catenary and part-circle, and warns that Newton ought not to be 'deflected' into theology or chemistry.
Quarto A, c1680-c1708
Scheda de Curva Catenaria sive Funicularia, 23 January 1697
Draft of a paper on the catenary curve which appeared in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society for the month of August 1697. Applies Newtonian fluxions to a disputed concept of Jean Bernoulli's. Loose addendum 11a is the opening paragraph; leaf 11b is the calculations pertaining to Proposition 2, with Corollaries 5 and 6 on the reverse.
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