Curves
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Apud Doctorem Ruyschium Amsterodami, 24 May 1693
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [10]
Scope and Contents
Notes from a paediatric anatomy demonstration, that appears to have dealt with certain birth defects. Followed by what appears to be a note about an actuarial problem concerning human senescence; several individuals who have worked on it are named, including Christiaan Huygens. Then follows a diagram of a machine designed by Jan Hudde for descrying a curve of changing slope. Last is a note about a conversation with Hudde about calculating dimensions and focal length of lenses in...
Dates:
24 May 1693
Excerpta de Codico M.S. Henratii communicata a [illegible], 27 May 1693
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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [19]
Scope and Contents
Extract of a volume (only partially cited) found by David Gregory in Amsterdam. He captions this "F: a. Schoten', suggesting that the work transcribed is that of geometer Frans van Schooten (1615-1660). The work concerns curves and quadratures, and is laced with comparisons to the work of Jan Hudde.
Dates:
27 May 1693
Tractata et Dicta Huddenis Amsterodami, Maio 1693, 27 May 1693
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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [9]
Scope and Contents
Minute account of a day-long meeting with Jan Hudde in Amsterdam, covering things algebraic. Allusions to Gerardus Mercator's vindication about hyperbolics, and to foliate curves in general.
Dates:
27 May 1693