![]() Wallis, who had been appointed Savilian professor of geometry at the University of Oxford largely in recognition of his services to parliament as a decipherer during the Civil Wars was in this period establishing himself as one of the central figures in the growth of modern science in England. It begins just a matter of weeks before the triumphal return of Charles II from the Netherlands and his accession to the throne on and sees the emergence of the Royal Society, soon to become the leading organization of its kind in Europe, from two main scientific circles which had flourished in London and Oxford during the revolutionary years. The second volume of the Correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703) covers a decisive period of political and scientific reorganization in England following the eleven years of the Interregnum. SCRIBA Editors With the Assistance of Uwe Mayer The Correspondence of John Wallis Volume II (1660 - September 1668) Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available ISBN 0-19-856601-8 1 3 5 7 9 1 0 8 6 4 2 Typeset by the Editors Printed in Great Britain on acid-free paper by Bukkes Ltd., King's Hynn, Norfolk No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Tt furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Honk Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toroanto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungray Italy Japan South Korea Poland Portugal Singapore Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © Oxford University Pi-ess, 2005 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2005 All rights reserved. Great Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. The Correspondence of John Wallis Volume II (1660-September 1668) Editors PHILIP BEELEY CHRISTOPH J. John Wallis c.1668 engraving by William Faithorne (16167-91) The Correspondence of John Wallis, Volume II ![]()
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