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Excerpta de Codico M.S. Henratii communicata a [illegible], 27 May 1693

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [19]

Scope and Contents

Extract of a volume (only partially cited) found by David Gregory in Amsterdam. He captions this "F: a. Schoten', suggesting that the work transcribed is that of geometer Frans van Schooten (1615-1660). The work concerns curves and quadratures, and is laced with comparisons to the work of Jan Hudde.

Dates: 27 May 1693

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

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

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

Tractata et Dicta Huddenis Amsterodami, Maio 1693, 27 May 1693

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [9]

Scope and Contents

Minute account of a day-long meeting with Jan Hudde in Amsterdam, covering things algebraic. Allusions to Gerardus Mercator's vindication about hyperbolics, and to foliate curves in general.

Dates: 27 May 1693

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

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Curves 2

Geometry 2

Algebra 1

Anatomy 1

Astronomy 1

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Curves, Rectification and Quadrature 1

Economics 1

Edinburgh -- Scotland 1

London (England) 1

Oxford Oxfordshire England 1

Physics 1

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