Scheda de Curva Catenaria sive Funicularia, 23 January 1697
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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [1]
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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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- Creation: 23 January 1697
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Duncan Fisher16 May 2001
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