Correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703)

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Volume IV (1672-April 1675)

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The Correspondence of John Wallis (1616 -1703) is a critically acclaimed resource in the history of early modern science. Volume IV covers the period from 1672 to April 1675 and contains over eighty previously unpublished letters. It documents Wallis's role in the crucial debate over the method of tangents involving figures such as Sluse, James Gregory, Hudde, Barrow, Newton, and Christiaan Huygens. In this way it illuminates further an important part of the history of the calculus. Wallis's letters also provide valuable new insights into mathematical book production and the importance of the international exchange of books in the growth and dissemination of mathematical knowledge. We learn more about the part played by the intelligencer John Collins and the astronomer royal John Flamsteed in the edition of Jeremiah Horrox's Opera posthuma, published by Wallis in 1673. There are also new insights on the background to Wallis's early work on equations, and the reasons why he criticized Gaston Pardies's proposed tract on motion. The causes of the breakdown in Wallis's epistolary relation to Christiaan Huygens following the publication of the Horologium oscillatorium in 1673 are also revealed. Many letters reflect Wallis's active involvement in the Royal Society. Through the medium of correspondence the Savilian professor participated in numerous debates such as those over the anomalous suspension of mercury in the Torricellian tube or Hevelius's use of plain sights in positional astronomy. The volume allows us to gain a deeper understanding of the background to these debates. Furthermore, the volume throws important new light on the history of the University of Oxford and of the University Press in the early modern period. As keeper of the University Archives, Wallis was one of the institution's highest officers. Scarcely any event of note concerning the University did not require his involvement in some way, and this is reflected in numerous letters and documents which the volume publishes for the first time.

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Cover
PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Algebra and analysis
Mathematical publications
Physical and mechanical themes
Mathematical practice and scientific instruments
Questions of natural history
Wallis's dispute with Hobbes
Foreign correspondents and visitors from abroad
Oldenburg, Collins, and scientific intelligencing
Church politics and theology
Wallis, his family, and friends
Wallis, Wase, and the University Press
Legal affairs
Crisis and reform in the Royal Society
EDITORIAL PRINCIPLES AND ABBREVIATIONS
CORRESPONDENCE
1. Edward Bernard to Wallis Oxford, 1[11] January 1671/2
2. Wallis to Edward Bernard [Oxford], 1/[11] January 1671/2
3. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 9/[19] January 1671/2
4. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 14/[24] January 1671/2
5. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 16/[26] January 1671/2
6. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 18/[28] January 1671/2 (i)
7. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 18/[28] January 1671/2 (ii)
8. John Collins to Wallis 23 January/[2 February] 1671/2
9. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 25 January/[4 February] 1671/2
10. Jean Bertet to Wallis ? January 1671/2
11. Wallis to Jean Bertet ? January 1671/2
12. John Collins to Wallis 3/[13] February 1671/2
13. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg 5/[15] February 1671/2
14. Wallis to Pasquier Quesnel Oxford, 6/[16] February 1671/2
15. Wallis to Thomas Salmon 7/[17] February 1671/2
16. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 13/[23] February 1671/2
17. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 15/[25] February 1671/2
18. Wallis to Johannes Hevelius Oxford, 3/[13] March 1671/2
19. Wallis to John Collins 9/[19] March 1671/2
20. John Collins to Wallis [London], 16/[26] March 1671/2
21. Wallis, Note on a Fish Caught in the Thames Oxford, 22 March/[1 April] 1671/2
22. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 26 March/[5 April] 1672
23. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 27 March/[6 April] 1672
24. John Collins to Edward Bernard London, 30 April/[10 May] 1672
25. John Collins to Wallis 9/[19] May 1672
26. Pasquier Quesnel to Wallis Paris, [9]/19 May 1672
27. Wallis to John Collins Stoke by Guildford, 13/[23] May 1672
28. Henry Wilkinson to Wallis 13/[23] May 1672
29. Thomas Salmon to Wallis 1/[11] June 1672
30. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 8/[18] June 1672
31. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 8/[18] June 1672, enclosure: Paper on Trigonometric Functions
32. John Collins (and Wallis) to Giovanni Alfonso Borelli London, 8/[18] June 1672
33. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 14/[24] June 1672
34. Christopher Wren to Wallis [London] 21 June/[1 July] 1672
35. John Collins to Wallis 16/[26] July 1672
36. John Wallis jr to Wallis June/July 1672
37. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 18/[28] July 1672
38. John Flamsteed to John Collins Derby, 23 July/[2 August] 1672
39. John Collins to Wallis 27 July/[6 August] 1672
40. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 30 July/[9 August] 1672
41. John Collins to Wallis [London], 12/[22] August 1672
42. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 15/[25] August 1672
43. Wallis to ? 15/[25] August 1672
44. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg [Oxford], 31 August/[10 September] 1672 (i)
45. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 31 August/[10 September] 1672 (ii)
46. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 26 September/[6 October] 1672
47. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 28 September/[8 October] 1672
48. Wallis to William Brouncker ? September 1672
49. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 2/[12] October 1672
50. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 5/[15] October 1672
51. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg mid-October 1672
52. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 25 October/[4 November] 1672
53. John Collins to Wallis 26 October/[5 November] 1672
54. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 26 October/[5 November] 1672
55. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 2/[12] November 1672
56. John Collins to Wallis 7/[17] November 1672
57. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 7/[17] November 1672
58. Alethea Wither to Judith Harris [Wootton St Lawrence], 7/[17] November 1672
59. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 14/[24] November 1672
60. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 14/[24] November 1672
61. Pieter van Schooten to Wallis [19]/29 November 1672
62. Thomas Hobbes to Henry Oldenburg 26 November/[6 December] 1672
63. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis c.15/[25] December 1672
64. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis c.21/[31] December 1672
65. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 24 December 1672/[3 January 1673]
66. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 26 December 1672/[5 January 1673]
67. Henry Oldenburg to Thomas Hobbes [London], 30 December 1672/[9 January 1673]
68. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis c.14/[24] February 1672/3
69. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg [Oxford], mid-February 1672/3
70. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 17/[27] February 1672/3
71. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 25 February/[7 March] 1672/3
72. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 1/[11] March 1672/3
73. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis early March 1672/3
74. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 9/[19] March 1672/3
75. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 15/[25] March 1672/3
76. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis London, 20/[30] March 1672/3
77. John Collins to Wallis 22 March/[1 April] 1672/3
78. John Collins to Wallis [London], 27 March/[6 April] 1673
79. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 29 March/[8 April] 1673
80. Wallis to John Collins ? III.1673-VIII.1675
81. Wallis to John Collins [Oxford], 8/[18] April 1673
82. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 12/[22] April 1673
83. John Collins to Wallis 18/[28] April 1673
84. John Collins to Wallis 3/[13] May 1673
85. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 6/[16] May 1673
86. Wallis to Christiaan Huygens London, 30 May/[9 June] 1673
87. Peter Mews to Wallis London, 12/[22] June 1673
88. John Collins to Isaac Newton [London], 18/[28] June 1673
89. George Croke to Wallis c.20/[30] June 1673
90. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 23 June/[3 July] 1673
91. Francis Jessop to Martin Lister [Broomhall], 25 June/[5 July] 1673
92. Francis Jessop to Martin Lister Broomhall, 25 June/[5 July] 1673, enclosure: Jessop's Reflections on Wallis's Hypothesis of Tides
93. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 28 June/[8 July] 1673
94. Christiaan Huygens to Wallis Paris, [30 June]/10 July 1673
95. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg 1/[11] July 1673
96. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg 3/[13] July 1673
97. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 3/[13] July 1673
98. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg 5/[15] July 1673
99. Theophilus Dillingham to Wallis Cambridge, 8/[18] July 1673
100. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 9/[19] July 1673
101. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 12/[22] July 1673
102. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 15/[25] July 1673
103. Henry Oldenburg to Martin Lister London, 15/[25] July 1673
104. Wallis to Theophilus Dillingham mid-July 1673
105. Wallis to Theophilus Dillingham Oxford, 23 July/[2 August] 1673
106. Francis Jessop to Martin Lister [Broomhall], early August 1673
107. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 2/[12] September 1673
108. Ren´e Franc¸ois de Sluse to Henry Oldenburg Li`ege, [3]/13 September 1673
109. Wallis to Theophilus Dillingham 6/[16] September 1673
110. John Collins to Wallis 9/[19] September 1673
111. Francis Jessop to Martin Lister Broomhall, 15/[25] September 1673
112. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 18/[28] September 1673
113. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 20/[30] September 1673
114. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 23 September/[3 October] 1673
115. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 25 September/[5 October] 1673
116. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 27 September/[7 October] 1673
117. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 4/[14] October 1673
118. [William Brouncker] to Henry Oldenburg [London], 8/[18] October 1673
119. [Christopher Wren] to Henry Oldenburg [London], 8/[18] October 1673
120. Theophilus Dillingham to Wallis Cambridge, 11/[21] October 1673
121. Francis Jessop to Martin Lister [Broomhall], 13/[23] October 1673
122. Wallis to Theophilus Dillingham 18/[28] October 1673
123. [Ralph Bathurst] to James Butler [Oxford], 20/[30] October 1673
124. Michael Roberts to Wallis London, 21/[31] October 1673
125. Theophilus Dillingham to Wallis Cambridge, 30 October/[9 November] 1673
126. Richard Witt to Wallis Oxford, 31 October/[10 November] 1673
127. Wallis: The Reasons alleged by the Lord Keeper Sir Heneage Finch October? 1673
128. Wallis to Theophilus Dillingham 6/[16] November 1673
129. Theophilus Dillingham to Wallis Cambridge, 8/[18] November 1673
130. Ren´e Franc¸ois de Sluse to Henry Oldenburg Li`ege, [12]/22 November 1673
131. Wallis to William Hopkins Oxford, 20/[30] November 1673
132. Mary Thomas to Wallis 2/[12] December 1673
133. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis c.5/[15] December 1673
134. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis early/mid-December 1673 (i)
135. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis early/mid-December (ii)
136. Wallis to Mary Thomas Oxford, 11/[21] December 1673
137. Wallis to Mary Thomas Oxford, 11/[21] December 1673, enclosure: Mr Charles Morgan's Expenses
138. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 20/[30] December 1673
139. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 20 and 22 December 1673/ [30 December 1673 and 1 January 1674]
140. Henry Oldenburg to Ren´e Franc¸ois de Sluse London, 29 December 1673/[8 January 1674]
141. Wallis to Johannes Hevelius Oxford, 31 December 1673/[10 January 1674]
142. Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg York, 7/[17] January 1673/4
143. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 10/[20] January 1673/4
144. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 12/[22] January 1673/4
145. Wallis to Thomas Crouch Oxford, 24 January/[3 February] 1673/4
146. Wallis to Thomas Crouch Oxford, 24 January/[3 February] 1673/4, enclosure: A Proviso to be inserted into the Act for High-w
147. Francis Jessop to Martin Lister [Broomhall], 3/[13] February 1673/4
148. Wallis to William Hopkins Oxford, 5/[15] February 1673/4
149. Thomas Crouch to Wallis [London], 7/[17] February 1673/4
150. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 7/[17] February 1673/4
151. Wallis to Thomas Crouch Oxford, 9/[19] February 1673/4
152. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis c.12/[22] February 1673/4
153. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 14/[24] February 1673/4
154. John Wallis jr to Wallis mid-February 1673/4
155. Wallis to John Wallis jr Oxford, 16/[26] February 1673/4 (i)
156. Wallis to John Wallis jr Oxford, 16/[26] February 1673/4 (ii)
157. John Wallis jr to Wallis 17/[27] February 1673/4
158. Wallis to John Wallis jr Oxford, 20 February/[2 March] 1673/4
159. Francis Jessop to Martin Lister [Broomhall], 9/[19] March 1673/4
160. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 19/[29] March 1673/4
161. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 20/[30] March 1673/4
162. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 24 March/[3 April] 1673/4
163. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 24 March/[3 April] 1673/4
164. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 31 March/[10 April] 1674
165. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 31 March/[10 April] 1674
166. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 7/[17] April 1674
167. Constantijn Huygens to Wallis The Hague, [13]/23 April 1674
168. John Griffith, et al. to Ralph Bathurst London, 28 April/[8 May] 1674
169. Theophilus Dillingham to Wallis ? April 1674
170. Wallis to Theophilus Dillingham Oxford, 7/[17] May 1674
171. James Butler to Ralph Bathurst London, 12/[22] May 1674
172. Ralph Bathurst to John Fell Oxford, 14/[24] May 1674
173. Rasmus Bartholin to Wallis [14]/24 May 1674
174. Wallis: The case of the Vintners in Oxford mid-May? 1674
175. Wallis: Concerning the Representation made by the Commissioners for the Wine Office mid-May? 1674
176. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 12/[22] June 1674
177. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg 22 June/[2 July] 1674
178. Thomas Beck to Wallis Moreton-in-Marsh, 30 June/[10 July] 1674
179. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to Henry Oldenburg Paris, [5]/15 July 1674
180. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 10/[20] July 1674
181. John Collins to Wallis 19/[29] August 1674
182. John Collins to Wallis [London], c.21/[31] August 1674
183. Wallis to John Collins Oxford, 24 August/[3 September] 1674
184. George Fairfax to Wallis [Oxford], c.9/[19] September 1674
185. Wallis to George Fairfax Oxford, 12/[22] September 1674
186. George Fairfax to Wallis [Oxford], 19/[29] September 1674
187. Wallis to George Fairfax [Oxford], 21 September/[1 October] 1674
188. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to Henry Oldenburg Paris, [6]/16 October 1674
189. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 13/[23] October 1674
190. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 15/[25] October 1674
191. Ralph Bathurst to Heneage Finch Oxford, 19/[29] October 1674
192. Ralph Bathurst to Heneage Finch 19/[29] October 1674, enclosure: The Case of Mr Samuel Masters
193. Joshua Crosse to Wallis [Oxford], 20/[30] October 1674
194. Wallis to Ralph Bathurst c.23 October/[2 November] 1674
195. Wallis to Ralph Bathurst London, 27 October/[6 November] 1674
196. Samuel Masters to Wallis Oxford, 6/[16] November 1674
197. Ralph Bathurst to Wallis [Oxford], 7/[17] November 1674
198. Joseph Crowther to Wallis Oxford, 8/[18] November 1674
199. Joshua Crosse to Wallis [Oxford], 10/[20] November 1674
200. Joseph Crowther to Wallis Oxford, 10/[20] November 1674
201. Joshua Crosse to Wallis [Oxford], 12/[22] November 1674
202. Joseph Crowther to Wallis Oxford, 14/[24] November 1674
203. Wallis to Joseph Crowther 17/[27] November 1674
204. Joseph Crowther to Wallis [Oxford], 19/[29] November 1674
205. Joshua Crosse to Wallis [Oxford], 24 November/[4 December] 1674 (i)
206. Joshua Crosse to Wallis [Oxford], 24 November/[4 December] 1674 (ii)
207. Wallis to Joseph Crowther late November 1674 (i)
208. Wallis to Joseph Crowther late November 1674 (ii)
209. Joshua Crosse to Wallis [Oxford], 28 November/[8 December] 1674
210. Joseph Crowther to Wallis Oxford, 28 November/[8 December] 1674
211. Ralph Bathurst to Wallis Oxford, 29 November/[9 December] 1674
212. Wallis to Theophilus Dillingham ? November 1674
213. John Griffith, et al. to Wallis London, 1/[11] December 1674
214. Wallis to William Hopkins ? beginning of December 1674
215. Wallis to Thomas? Vivian Oxford, 7/[17] December 1674
216. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg mid-December 1674
217. Wallis to Margaret Lichfield mid-December 1674
218. Christopher Wase to Wallis London, 22 December 1674/[1 January 1675]
219. Wallis to Rasmus Bartholin Oxford, 29 December 1674/[8 January 1675]
220. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg 4/[14] January 1674/5
221. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 11/[21] January 1674/5
222. Christopher Wase to Wallis London, 12/[22] January 1674/5
223. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 19/[29] January 1674/5
224. Isma¨el Boulliau to Henry Oldenburg Paris, [27 January 1674/5]/6 February 1675
225. John Griffith, et al. to Ralph Bathurst London, 28 January/[7 February] 1674/5
226. Thomas Salmon to Wallis beginning of February 1674/5
227. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis early February 1674/5
228. Wallis to William Hopkins c.10/[20] February 1674/5
229. Wallis to William Hopkins c.11/[21] February 1674/5
230. Wallis to Henry Oldenburg Oxford, 11/[21] February 1674/5
231. William Hopkins to Wallis London, 12/[22] February 1674/5
232. William Hopkins to Wallis London, 13/[23] February 1674/5
233. Wallis to Martha Woodcock Oxford, 13/[23] February 1674/5
234. Wallis to William Hopkins Oxford, 14/[24] February 1674/5
235. Thomas Salmon to Wallis mid-February to mid-March 1674/5 (i)
236. Thomas Salmon to Wallis mid-February to mid-March 1674/5 (ii)
237. Henry Oldenburg to Wallis 20 February/[2 March] 1674/5
238. Wallis to Theophilus Dillingham Oxford, 11/[21] March 1674/5
239. Wallis to Elizabeth Salmon Oxford, 15/[25] March 1675
240. Wallis to Peter Mews Oxford, 16/[26] March 1674/5
241. Peter Mews to Wallis London, 18/[28] March 1674/5
242. Ralph Bathurst to Thomas Osborne Oxford, 22 March/[1 April] 1674/5
243. Theophilus Dillingham to Wallis Cambridge, 25 March/[4 April] 1675
244. Wallis to Theophilus Dillingham 30 March/[9 April] 1675
245. Theophilus Dillingham to Wallis Cambridge, 5/[15] April 1675
246. Wallis to Joseph Williamson Oxford, 8/[18] April 1675
247. Joseph Williamson to Wallis London, 13/[23] April 1675
248. Ralph Bathurst to James Butler [Oxford], 18/[28] April 1675
249. John Lamphire to Wallis London, 22 April/[2 May] 1675
250. Joshua Crosse to Wallis Oxford, 27 April/[7 May] 1675
251. Wallis to Ralph Bathurst London, 29 April/[9 May] 1675
252. Wallis: Suit to the lord treasurer concerning the new tavern in Oxford ? end of April 1675
BIOGRAPHIES OF CORRESPONDENTS
LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
LIST OF LETTERS
ERRATA
INDEX: PERSONS AND SUBJECTS

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