Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh)
Person
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Catalogue of the Mathematical Works of the Learned Mr. Thomas Baker, c1683
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [11]
Scope and Contents
7 page printed catalogue of the mathematical works of Thomas Baker. According to David Gregory's own index this was "Printed by Mr Collins". John Collins was a well known register of scientific accomplishments and zealous correspondent with Gregory and his uncle James Gregory (the source of David's core maths collection). This catalogue was printed, with a proposal for producing all of Baker's works in full, under the aegis of the Royal Society, whose council approved the measure and agreed...
Dates:
c1683
D. Tchurnhausi meth: Quadraturarum de Act: Erud: M.S., c1688
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [88]
Scope and Contents
An article on quadrature, perhaps in the hand of its author, 'Tchurnhaus', for the Acta, c1688.
Dates:
c1688
Folio C, c1680-c1708
Series — Volume Dc.1.61: Series Coll-33/Folio C
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C
Scope and Contents
The papers of David Gregory consist of:
These are mostly handwritten items, bound together as a volume, though with some loose insertions of manuscripts which had strayed, some of them with modern annotations concerning their provenance. Their scope and content is as David Gregory indexed them, save for the missing items, which consist of two dozen papers and letters on general physics and maths, and...
Dates:
c1680-c1708
Index Chartarum in M.S. C. in folio, 1700
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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [index]
Scope and Contents
An index, in Gregory's hand, to the material he designated as Folio C.
Dates:
1700
Jac: Gregorii Methodus Depomendi aequationem. Cont: 4. fol., s.d.
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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [146]
Scope and Contents
Gregory's writeup of two of his uncle's notions in algebra.
Dates:
s.d.
Jac: Gregorius De Maximis et Minimis, c1660-1675
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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [150]
Scope and Contents
Thoughts on graphing certain functions, proceeding from earlier notes on Hudde. These are in the form of a letter (without address or name).
Dates:
c1660-1675
Mr Whistons mistakes in his new theory, 3 April 1698
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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [45]
Scope and Contents
A short critique of William Whiston's A New Theory of the Earth, from its Original to the Consummation of all Things, (1696) , intended to damn Cartesian astronomy and advance corollaries to Newtonian thought instead. He affirmed the truth of the flood narrative in Genesis, ascribing the deluge to the impact of a comet. Whiston had been converted to Newtonianism by a paper of David Gregory. At the foot of this document is an unrelated note, dated 6 Sept. 1708, to...
Dates:
3 April 1698
Notes on priority, 1707
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [038]
Scope and Contents
This small slip bears what appears to be ammunition in Gregory's defence of his uncle James Gregorie against old charges of plagiarism. The confusing reference to "Actis Phil. Septemb. & Decemb. 1797" is a slip of the pen. The material appeared in the Acta of 1707.
Dates:
1707
Probl: Cartesii de Quadrato a J.G., 24 December 1670
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [136]
Scope and Contents
Two pages of correspondence from James Gregory to John Collins.
Dates:
24 December 1670
Quarto A, c1680-c1708
Series — Box Dk.1.2: Series Coll-33/Quarto A; Series Coll-33/Folio B; Series Coll-33/Folio D; Series Coll-33/Folio E
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A
Scope and Contents
The papers of David Gregory in Quarto A consist of:
107 manuscript papers and an index, relating to: theoretical physics, including optics, especially treatises on refraction and colour, on mechanics, specifically on velocity, gravitation, centrifugal and centripetal force, and the movement of solids through fluid, and an occasional thought on magnetic attraction. Applied physics, considering ships,...
Dates:
c1680-c1708