Anderson, Robert, fl1668-1696 (mathematician and silk-weaver)
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A problem proposed by Robert Anderson 1698 about Geometry, c1675-1698
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [21]
Scope and Contents
A search for a way to find an angle in a right triangle bisected laterally by a parabola. It is signed "Rob:t Anderson", and is written in a hand presumably his. Gregory has written, "sent to me by Mr G Keith Aprilo 1698) at the bottom.
Dates:
c1675-1698
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
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