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

 Person

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of David Gregory

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-33
Scope and Contents The papers of David Gregory consist of: bound manuscripts of mathematical and personal papers by both David Gregory and James Gregory bound manuscripts Lectiones Mechanicae Sive Geometria de Motu parts 1-4 (1689-1690) bound manuscripts of treatises on mathematics and astronomy (1683-1694) bound manuscripts ...
Dates: 1652-1706

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

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