Newton, Sir Isaac, 1642-1727 (mathematician and astronomer)
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Notanda D.J. phys. et math. Lond: Martio 1693 cum Fatio, 31 March 1693
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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [37]
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Notes to an extended conversation with Fatio de Duillier, fellow enthusiast of Newtonian science at Oxford, and especially important to Gregory between December 1691 and May 1694, when he was cut off from direct contact with Sir Isaac Newton, whom he had offended in a published commentary on his 'abrumpent' mathematical series. Topics include magnetic attraction, refraction and colour, and movement of solids through fluid, with anecdotal remarks by de Duiller about ships, tides, and the...
Dates:
31 March 1693
Observata et dicta apud D. Hugenium, 06 June 1693
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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [4]
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Notes of a conversation in Holland with Christian Huygens, concerning an 'horologium' to show hours, months, years, and planetary positions. More general mention of the work of numerous other scientists: Notably, Huygens disputes the notion of John Bernoulli (James Bernoulli's younger brother) that the curve of an inflated sail is part-catenary and part-circle, and warns that Newton ought not to be 'deflected' into theology or chemistry.
Dates:
06 June 1693
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