Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650 (French mathematician)

Notata in D: de Witt Loca plana et solida, 1696

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [2]

Scope and Contents

12 pages of commentary on De Witt's notes in Schooten's 1659 edition of Descarted. The last page appears to have been bound out of sequence; part of this document was inadvertently misnumbered by Gregory as item 3.

Dates: 1696

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

Oratio de Mundi systemate contra Cartesiones, 1690

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [189]

Scope and Contents

Graduation speech, in Gregory's hand, of one John Falconer. This young man may have been related to the Falconer who secured Lord Tarbat's interest for Gregory over the dreaded Visitation.

Dates: 1690

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

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