Correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703) Volume 1 (1641 - 1659)
, by Beeley, Philip; Scriba, ChristophNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780198510666 | 0198510667
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 11/6/2003
This is the first volume of a six volume compendium on the correspondences of John Wallis (1616-1703). Wallis was savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford from 1649 until his death, and was a founding member of the Royal Society and a central figure in the scientific and intellectual history of England. Along with his role as decipher on the Parliamentary side during the Civil War, he prepared the ground for the discovery of infinitesimal calculus by Newton and Leibniz and played a decisive role in modernization of English mathematics. This volume provides fascinating insight into the life of Wallis through his correspondences with intellectual and political figures of the latter part of the 17th century.
Introduction | xvii | ||
Wallis: The early years | xix | ||
The correspondence | xxxv | ||
Matters concerning the Savilian lands | xxxv | ||
University affairs | xxxvi | ||
Family correspondence | xxxvii | ||
Correspondence on theological topics | xxxviii | ||
Poole's scheme for the support of young scholars intended for ministry | xxxviii | ||
Cryptanalysis | xxxviii | ||
Scientific correspondence | xxxix | ||
Editorial principles and abbreviations | xliii | ||
Correspondence | 1 | (1) | |
1. WALLIS to DARLEY, 10/[20] April 1641 | 1 | (1) | |
2. WALLIS to ADAMS, December? 1641 | 1 | (1) | |
3. ADAMS to WALLIS, 31 December 1641/[10 January 1642] | 2 | (1) | |
4. WALLIS to GREVILLE, February/March? 1642/3 | 3 | (2) | |
5. WALLIS to DARLEY, 11/[21] March 1642/3 | 5 | (1) | |
6. LAWRENCE CLIFTON to ? CLIFTON, 11/[21] May 1643 | 6 | (1) | |
7. WALLIS to READER, 5/[15] March 1644/ [1645] | 7 | (1) | |
8. SMITH to WALLIS, 1/[11] November 1648 | 8 | (1) | |
9. SMITH to WALLIS, 28 November/[8 December] 1648 | 8 | (1) | |
10. WALLIS to SMITH, 28? November/[8? December] 1648 | 9 | (1) | |
11. WALLIS to HEVELIUS, 3/[13] April 1649 | 9 | (2) | |
12. HEVELIUS to WALLIS, [11]/21 June 1649 | 11 | (1) | |
13. WALLIS to SCHOOTEN, 1649? | 12 | (1) | |
14. TURNER to FRENCH, 23 May/ [2 June] 1650 | 13 | (1) | |
15. TURNER to FRENCH, 23 May/ [2 June] 1650, enclosure | 14 | (1) | |
16. GREAVES to WALLIS, 17/[27] July 1650 | 15 | (2) | |
17. GREAVES to WALLIS, 17/[27] July 1650, enclosure | 17 | (2) | |
18. FRENCH to WALLIS, 23 July/[2 August] 1650 | 19 | (1) | |
19. TURNER to WALLIS, 30 July/[9 August] 1650 | 20 | (1) | |
20. TURNER to FRENCH, 6/[16] August 1650 | 21 | (1) | |
21. TURNER to FRENCH, 6/[16] August 1650, enclosure | 22 | (7) | |
22. SORELL and WHETCOMB, 24 August/[3 September] 1650: Declaration on the Savilian Lands at Little Hayes | 29 | (1) | |
23. WALLIS to FRENCH, August 1650, document | 29 | (2) | |
24. TURNER to WALLIS, 9/[19] December 1650 | 31 | (1) | |
25. WALLIS to HEVELIUS, 21/31 January 1650/1 | 32 | (1) | |
26. HENRY WALLIS (and BATE) to WALLIS, early 1650/1 | 33 | (1) | |
27. SORELL and WHETCOMB, 21/[31] May 1651: Declaration on the Savilian Lands at Little Hayes | 34 | (1) | |
28. TURNER to WALLIS, 6/[16] June 1651 | 35 | (1) | |
29. HENRY WALLIS (and BATE to WALLIS, 14/[24] July 1651 | 36 | (2) | |
30. WARD to WALLIS, 9/[19] August 1651 | 38 | (2) | |
31. WARD to WALLIS, 9/[19] August 1651, enclosure | 40 | (1) | |
32. HEVELIUS to WALLIS, [30 May]/9 June 1652 | 41 | (1) | |
33. WALLIS to BAXTER, 28 June/[8 July] 1652 | 42 | (67) | |
34. BAXTER to WALLIS, June/July? 1652 | 109 | (1) | |
35. BAXTER to WALLIS, 3/[13] August 1652 | 110 | (1) | |
36. WALLIS to BAXTER, 14/[24] October 1652 | 110 | (2) | |
37. WALLIS to SCHOOTEN, October/November 1652 | 112 | (1) | |
38. HUYGENS to SCHOOTEN, December 1652 | 112 | (1) | |
39. HUYGENS to SCHOOTEN, [16]/26 December 1652 | 113 | (3) | |
40. SCHOOTEN to WALLIS, [27 December 1652]/6 January 1653 | 116 | (1) | |
41. WALLIS to SCHOOTEN, 25 February 1652/[7 March 1653] | 116 | (1) | |
42. WALLIS to SHORTE, 5/[15] April 1653 | 116 | (1) | |
43. SHORTE to WALLIS, 9/[19] May 1653 | 117 | (2) | |
44. HARTLIB to WALLIS, late August/early September 1653 | 119 | (1) | |
45. FINCH to WALLIS, 21 November/[1 December] 1653 | 119 | (1) | |
46. ? to WALLIS, 1653 | 120 | (1) | |
47. HENRY WALLIS to WALLIS, 6/[16] March 1653/[1654] | 121 | (1) | |
48. HARTLIB to WALLIS, October? 1654 | 122 | (1) | |
49. WALLIS to HARTLIB, October/November? 1654 | 122 | (1) | |
50. HARTLIB to WALLIS, 11/[21] November 1654 | 122 | (1) | |
51. WALLIS to HEVELIUS, 1/[11] January [1654]/1655 | 123 | (2) | |
52. WALLIS to HEVELIUS, 29 January/8 February 1654/5 | 125 | (2) | |
53. WALLIS to GASSENDI, 29 January/8 February 1654/5 | 127 | (1) | |
54. WALLIS to OUGHTRED, 5/[15] February 1654/5 | 128 | (2) | |
55. WALLIS to OUGHTRED, 28 February/[10 March] 1654/5 | 130 | (4) | |
56. WALLIS for OUGHTRED, 16/[26] April 1655 | 134 | (2) | |
57. WALLIS to GOLIUS, April/May 1655 | 136 | (1) | |
58. WALLIS to SCHOOTEN, April/May 1655 | 136 | (1) | |
59. GASSENDI to WALLIS, [13]/23 May 1655 | 137 | (1) | |
60. BOULLIAU to WALLIS, [14]/24 May 1655 | 138 | (3) | |
61. HUYGENS to WALLIS, [3]/13 June 1655 | 141 | (4) | |
62. WALLIS to HUYGENS, 21 June/1 July 1655 | 145 | (6) | |
63. WALLIS to OUGHTRED, 19/[29 July 1655 | 151 | (8) | |
64. OUGHTRED to WALLIS, 17/[27] August 1655 | 159 | (2) | |
65. WALLIS to GASSENDI, 31 August/[10 September] 1655 | 161 | (2) | |
66. HEVELIUS to WALLIS, [15]/25 September 1655 | 163 | (1) | |
67. WALLIS to OWEN, 10/[20] October 1655 | 164 | (3) | |
68. WALLIS to WARD and ROOKE, 1655? | 167 | (3) | |
69. WALLIS to WHICHCOTE, HORTON, and BURGESS, Winter 1655/6 | 170 | (2) | |
70. WALLIS to HUYGENS, 25 January [1655/6]/[4 February] 1656 | 172 | (1) | |
71. BURGESS to WALLIS, 12/[22] February 1655/[1656] | 173 | (2) | |
72. HUYGENS to WALLIS, [5]/15 March 1655/6 | 175 | (2) | |
73. WALLIS to HUYGENS, 22 March [1655/6]/[1 April] 1656 | 177 | (2) | |
74. WALLIS to HUYGENS, 7/[17] April 1656 | 179 | (3) | |
75. HUYGENS to WALLIS, [18]/28 April 1656 | 182 | (5) | |
76. WALLIS to HUYGENS, 29 May/[8 June] 1656 | 187 | (1) | |
77. BROUNCKER? to WALLIS, 16/[26] June 1656 | 187 | (2) | |
78. HUYGENS to WALLIS, [11]/21 July 1656 | 189 | (4) | |
79. WALLIS to HUYGENS, 12/[22] August 1656 | 193 | (5) | |
80. HUYGENS to WALLIS, September 1656 | 198 | (1) | |
81. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, 13/14? [23/24?] October 1656 | 199 | (1) | |
82. WALLIS to PIERREPONT, 15/[25] October 1656 | 200 | (6) | |
83. WALLIS to BROUNCKER, 16/[26] October 1656 | 206 | (9) | |
84. WALLIS to BROUNCKER, 20/[30] October 1656 | 215 | (3) | |
85. WALLIS to BROUNCKER, 5/[15] December 1656 | 218 | (43) | |
86. STUBBE to HOBBES, 19/[29] December 1656 | 261 | (2) | |
87. WALLIS to LANGBAIN, WILKINSON, WILKINS, and GODDARD, 20/[30] December 1656 | 263 | (6) | |
88. FERMAT to DIGBY, [24 December 1656]/3 January 1657 (Fermat's First Challenge in Number Theory) | 269 | (1) | |
89. WALLIS to JOHN (?) VAUGHAN, 1656 | 270 | (1) | |
90. JOHN (?) VAUGHAN to WALLIS, 1656 | 270 | (1) | |
91. JOHN (?) VAUGHAN to JAMES (?) VAUGHAN, 1656 | 271 | (1) | |
92. SCHOOTEN to WALLIS, 1656 | 272 | (2) | |
93. WALLIS to BROUNCKER, 22 February/[4 March] 1656/7 | 274 | (1) | |
94. HOBBES for WALLIS, February [1656]/1657 | 274 | (1) | |
95. FERMAT to DIGBY, February [1656]/1657 (Fermat's Second Challenge in Number Theory) | 275 | (1) | |
96. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, 5/[15] March 1656/7 | 276 | (1) | |
97. WALLIS to BROUNCKER, 7/[17] March 1656/7 | 277 | (1) | |
98. BROUNCKER to WHITE, March 1656/7 (i) | 278 | (1) | |
99. BROUNCKER to WHITE, March 1656/7 (ii) | 279 | (1) | |
100. WALLIS to PIERREPONT, March/April 1657 | 279 | (2) | |
101. FERMAT to DIGBY, [10]/20 April 1657 | 281 | (3) | |
102. FERMAT to DIGBY, [27 May]/6 June 1657 | 284 | (2) | |
103. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, 30 May/[9 June] 1657 | 286 | (1) | |
104. WALLIS to DIGBY, 6/[16] June 1657 | 287 | (3) | |
105. WALLIS to LAWRENCE, 29 June/[9 July] 1657 | 290 | (1) | |
106. DIGBY to FERMAT, [21]/31 July 1657 | 290 | (1) | |
107. DIGBY to WALLIS, [22 July]/1 August 1657 | 291 | (2) | |
108. LAWRENCE to WALLIS, 22 July/[1 August] 1657 | 293 | (1) | |
109. FERMAT to DIGBY, [5]/15 August 1657 | 294 | (6) | |
110. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, August 1657 | 300 | (1) | |
111. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, August 1657, enclosure | 301 | (1) | |
112. WALLIS to DIGBY, 3/[13] September 1657 | 302 | (4) | |
113. WALLIS to BROUNCKER, 5/[15] September 1657 | 306 | (1) | |
114. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, 11/[21] September 1657 | 307 | (1) | |
115. WALLIS to DIGBY, 27 September/[7 October] 1657 | 308 | (2) | |
116. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, 3/[13] October 1657 | 310 | (1) | |
117. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, 6/[16] October 1657 | 311 | (1) | |
118. FERMAT: Remarques sur l'Arithmetique des Infinis du S.J. Wallis, August 1657 | 311 | (6) | |
119. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, 22 October/[1 November] 1657 | 317 | (1) | |
120. WALLIS to BROUNCKER, 21 November/[1 December] 1657 | 318 | (2) | |
121. WALLIS to DIGBY, 21 November/[1 December] 1657 | 320 | (22) | |
122. WALLIS to BROUNCKER, 17/[27] December 1657 | 342 | (16) | |
123. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, December 1657 | 358 | (1) | |
124. WALLIS to DIGBY, 26 December 1657/[5 January 1658] | 358 | (8) | |
125. BROUNCKER to DIGBY, December 1657 | 366 | (1) | |
126. WALLIS to SCHOOTEN, late 1657/early 1657/8 | 366 | (1) | |
127. WALLIS to HUYGENS, 1657/8 | 367 | (1) | |
128. WALLIS to BROUNCKER, 20/[30] January 1657/[1658] | 367 | (11) | |
129. FRENICLE to DIGBY, [24 January 1657/8]/3 February 1658 | 378 | (4) | |
130. DIGBY to WALLIS, [27 January 1657/8]/6 February 1658 | 382 | (3) | |
131. DIGBY to BROUNCKER, [27 January 1657/8]/6 February 1658 | 385 | (1) | |
132. WALLIS to SCHOOTEN, 4/[14] February 1658 | 385 | (1) | |
133. FRENICLE to DIGBY, February [1657]/1658 | 385 | (5) | |
134. DIGBY to WALLIS, 10/20 February 1657/8 | 390 | (2) | |
135. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, 18/[28] February 1657/8 | 392 | (2) | |
136. [WALLIS]: Reasons Shewing the Consistency of the Place of Custos Archivorum with that of a Savilian Professor, February [1657]/1658 | 394 | (2) | |
137. WOOD: On Wa11is's Election to Custos Archivorum, February [1657]/1658 | 396 | (1) | |
138. WALLIS to DIGBY, 4/[14] March 1657/8 | 397 | (13) | |
139. SCHOOTEN to WALLIS, [8]/18 March [1657]/1658 | 410 | (19) | |
140. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, 13/[23] March 1657/8 | 429 | (1) | |
141. BROUNCKER to DIGBY, 13/[23] March 1657/8 | 430 | (1) | |
142. WALLIS to DIGBY, 15/[25] March 1657/8 | 431 | (4) | |
143. WALLIS to BROUNCKER, 19/[29] March 1657/8 | 435 | (5) | |
144. FERMAT to DIGBY, [28 March]/7 April 1658 | 440 | (4) | |
145. FRENICLE to DIGBY, March [1657]/1658 (i) | 444 | (4) | |
146. FRENICLE to DIGBY, March [1657]/1658 (ii) | 448 | (2) | |
147. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, 6/[16] April 1658 | 450 | (1) | |
148. WALLIS to BROUNCKER, 13/[23] April 1658 | 451 | (3) | |
149. FRENICLE to DIGBY, [23? April]/3? May 1658 | 454 | (3) | |
150. DIGBY to BROUNCKER, [24 April]/4 May 1658 | 457 | (2) | |
151. DIGBY to WALLIS, [24 April]/4 May 1658 | 459 | (4) | |
152. DIGBY to WHITE, [28 April]/8 May 1658 | 463 | (1) | |
153. DIGBY to WALLIS, [28 April]/8 May 1658 | 464 | (2) | |
154. FRENICLE to DIGBY, [28 April]/8 May 1658 | 466 | (6) | |
155. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, 1/[11] May 1658 | 472 | (1) | |
156. WALLIS to BROUNCKER, 2?/[12?] May 1658 | 473 | (1) | |
157. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, 3?/[13?] May 1658 | 473 | (1) | |
158. WALLIS to DIGBY, 5/[15] May 1658 | 474 | (5) | |
159. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, c.8/[18] May 1658 | 479 | (1) | |
160. WALLIS to BROUNCKER, 11/[21] May 1658 | 479 | (7) | |
161. DIGBY to WALLIS, [15]/25 May 1658 | 486 | (1) | |
162. DIGBY to WALLIS, [9]/19 June 1658 | 486 | (1) | |
163. COOKE to WALLIS, 18/[28] June 1658 | 487 | (1) | |
164. WALLIS to DIGBY, 20/[30] June 1658 | 488 | (3) | |
165. FERMAT to DIGBY, June 1658 | 491 | (6) | |
166. PASCAL: First Circular Letter on the Cycloid, June 1658 | 497 | (3) | |
167. WALLIS to HUYGENS, 1/[11] July 1658 | 500 | (1) | |
168. WALLIS to BROUNCKER, 3/[13] July 1658 | 501 | (2) | |
169. DIGBY to WALLIS, [7]/17 July 1658 | 503 | (1) | |
170. PASCAL: Second Circular Letter on the Cycloid, July 1658 | 503 | (2) | |
171. WALLIS to DIGBY, Summer 1658 | 505 | (2) | |
172. WALLIS to CARCAVI, 19/[29] August 1658 | 507 | (15) | |
173. HUYGENS to WALLIS, [27 August] /6 September 1658 | 522 | (9) | |
174. WALLIS to CARCAVI, 3/[13] September 1658 | 531 | (1) | |
175. WALLIS to CARCAVI, 16/[26] September 1658 | 532 | (1) | |
176. WALLIS to CARCAVI, 30 September/[10 October] 1658 | 532 | (1) | |
177. WALLIS to POOLE, 2/[12] October 1658 | 533 | (3) | |
178. POOLE to WALLIS, ? November 1658 | 536 | (1) | |
179. WALLIS to POOLE, 11/[21] November 1658 | 536 | (2) | |
180. POOLE to WALLIS, 16/[26] December 1658 | 538 | (1) | |
181. WALLIS to HUYGENS, 22 December 1658/[1 January 1659] | 538 | (16) | |
182. WALLIS to POOLE, 25 December 1658/[4 January 1659] | 554 | (2) | |
183. FRENICLE ? to DIGBY, 1658 | 556 | (3) | |
184. [WALLIS]: Humble Petition to Richard Cromwell, early 1659 | 559 | (4) | |
185. [WALLIS]: Humble Petition to the Parliament of the Commonwealth, early 1659 | 563 | (1) | |
186. [WALLIS]: Matters for a Bill in Parliament in behalf of the University of Oxford, early 1659 | 564 | (5) | |
187. WALLIS to POOLE, 20/[30] January 1658/9 | 569 | (1) | |
188. HUYGENS to WALLIS, [21]/31 January [1658]/1659 | 570 | (3) | |
189. WALLIS to HUYGENS, 10/28 February 1658/9 | 573 | (5) | |
190. WALLIS to POOLE, 10/[20] March 1658/9 | 578 | (2) | |
191. HUYGENS to WALLIS, [30 May]/9 June 1659 | 580 | (4) | |
192. WALLIS to DILLINGHAM, 10/[20] November 1659 | 584 | (1) | |
193. WALLIS to HUYGENS, 24 November/[4 December] 1659 | 585 | (4) | |
194. BROUNCKER to WALLIS, 26 November/[6 December] 1659 | 589 | (1) | |
195. WALLIS to SCHOOTEN, 26 November/[6 December] 1659 | 590 | (1) | |
196. WALLIS to BOYLE, Autumn/Winter 1659 | 590 | (2) | |
197. WALLIS to HUYGENS, Autumn/Winter 1659 | 592 | (1) | |
198. WALLIS to CARCAVI, 1659? | 592 | (1) | |
199. HUYGENS to WALLIS, December 1659-February 1660 | 593 | (2) | |
Biographies of correspondents | 595 | (14) | |
List of manuscripts | 609 | (2) | |
Bibliography | 611 | (16) | |
List of letters | 627 | (8) | |
Index: persons and subjects | 635 |
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