Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Astronomiae Physicae et Geometricae Elementa, 28 February 1698

 Item

Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [43]

Scope and Contents

Notes from a London meeting with Sir Isaac Newton on a revised plan for the Astronomiae physicae et geometricae elementa, (1702), Gregory's most important work. An erratum lies at the foot of this document, unrelated to it or to any of the other things on the sheet (which have their own entries in Gregory's index): a jotting about refraction, crystals, and cataracts of the eye. This is dated London, 30 May 1708.

Dates: 28 February 1698

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Quarto A

Diagram by Newton, c1692

 Item

Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [042]

Scope and Contents

Labelled figures of chord lines through circles.

Dates: c1692

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Folio E

Diagram by Newton, c1692

 Item

Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [045]

Scope and Contents

Labelled figures of triangle sections through circles.

Dates: c1692

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Folio E

Folio E, c1692-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/Folio E

Scope and Contents The constitution of the Folio E papers of David Gregory follows: The documents' order is random, but the collection has several foci. One is David Gregory the academic's need for books. Numerous shopping lists for titles abroad reflect this, (one of which also includes a requirement for tea), as do inventories of other people's libraries nearer to home. Another focus in the collection is Gregory's public...

Dates: c1692-c1708

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory

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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Geometry 4

Astronomy 2

Optics 2

Achromatic Telescope 1

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Celestial Mechanics 1

Crystals 1

Dynamics 1

Geodesy 1

Geodetic Astronomy 1

Geometry, Elemental 1

Gravity 1

Lunar Theory 1

Mathematics 1

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Oxford Oxfordshire England 1

Philosophy 1

Physics 1

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