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

 Person

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

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

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [74]
Scope and Contents

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

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [186]
Scope and Contents

Trigonometric rules and series, generally derived by a Taylor expansion.

Dates: before 1675