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A paper of my own about the descent in a Cycloid printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1697, cFebruary 1697

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [22]

Scope and Contents

A late draft of an elementary development of Christiaan Huygens' work on the cycloid, that finally appeared anonymously in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society for February 1697 (nos 225, 424).

Dates

  • Creation: cFebruary 1697

Creator

Physical Description

1

Physical Description

genreform: manuscript

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Extent

From the Fonds: 0.5 metre

Physical Description

1

Physical Description

genreform: manuscript

Processing Information

Kiki's number = 28

Processing Information

Duncan Fisher 01 June 2001

Repository Details

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