Author:John Wallis

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John Wallis (1616–1703)

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English mathematician given partial credit for the development of infinitesimal calculus

John Wallis

Works

• "A letter to the Publisher, concerning the Variety of the Annual High-Tydes, as to several places; with respect to his own Hypothesis, deliver'd N°. 16, touching the Flux and the Reflux of the Sea." in Philosophical Transactions, 3, pp. 652−653

• "[[Philosophical Transactions/Volume 3/Another Letter written by the same Hand, concerning some Mistakes, to be found in a Book lately publish'd under the Title of SPECIMINA MATHEMATICA Francisci Du Laurens, especially touching a certain Probleme, affirm'd to have been proposed, by Dr. Wallis, to the Mathematicians of all Europe, to solve it.|Another Letter written by the same Hand, concerning some Mistakes, to be found in a Book lately publish'd under the Title of SPECIMINA MATHEMATICA Francisci Du Laurens, especially touching a certain Probleme, affirm'd to have been proposed, by Dr. Wallis, to the Mathematicians of all Europe, to solve it.]]" in Philosophical Transactions, 3, pp. 654−655

• A Letter of Dr. John Wallis to Samuel Pepys Esquire, Relating to Some Supposed Imperfections in an Organ (1753) (transcription project) from the Journal of Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol 20, pp 249–256

Works about

• "Wallis, John (1616-1703)," in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885–1900) in 63 vols.