Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh)
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Jacobi Gregoryii Oratio in Collegio S. Salvatoris Academae St. Andreaniae, s.d.
An address to St Andrews scholars on scientific method.
J:G de cogitatione, before 1675
Thoughts on thought itself. Probably unrelated doodling on the reverse.
Mr Whistons mistakes in his new theory, 3 April 1698
Notes on priority, 1707
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.
Probl: Cartesii de Quadrato a J.G., 24 December 1670
Two pages of correspondence from James Gregory to John Collins.
Quarto A, c1680-c1708
Supplementum Opticam Promotam, 1663-1675
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.
The affair betwixt Abbe Galleie Dr Barrow and Mr Gregory, October 1694
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.
Trigonometriae 5 Canones, et de Tabl: Logarithm:, before 1675
Trigonometric rules and series, generally derived by a Taylor expansion.
Varia, c1670
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.