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Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh)

 Person

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Jacobi Gregoryii Oratio in Collegio S. Salvatoris Academae St. Andreaniae, s.d.

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [87]
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An address to St Andrews scholars on scientific method.

Dates: s.d.

J:G de cogitatione, before 1675

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [178]
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Thoughts on thought itself. Probably unrelated doodling on the reverse.

Dates: before 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

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [038]
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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

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [136]
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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

Supplementum Opticam Promotam, 1663-1675

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [15]
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A supplement, in James Gregorie's hand, to his own "Optica Promota", which had appeared in 1663. He critiques Kepler's use of secants to measure refraction.

Dates: 1663-1675

The affair betwixt Abbe Galleie Dr Barrow and Mr Gregory, October 1694

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [74]
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The case for absolving Barrow and James Gregory from the charges of plagiarism levelled in the French Memoirs de Mathematique et de Physique in April 1693. This contains a transmittal letter in English, addressed to Sir Robert Southwell, President of the Royal Society.

Dates: October 1694

Trigonometriae 5 Canones, et de Tabl: Logarithm:, before 1675

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [186]
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Trigonometric rules and series, generally derived by a Taylor expansion.

Dates: before 1675

Varia, c1670

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio D [Varia]
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A folded sheet of calculations concerning a diagram of triangles in a circle, the place of this document on the index to Folio D is not clear. It bears only the legend "Varia ex Jac: Greg:" on its outside surface.

Dates: c1670