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Objectio D. Sykes ... Contra motum planeta in Ellipsi, 23 August 1696

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [5]
Scope and Contents

[Arthur Ashley] Sykes' objection to what appears to be the Cassini curve, over the general issue of velocity and centripetal force. Refuted by Gregory underneath on 20 June 1697.

Dates: 23 August 1696
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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  • Names: Gregory, David, 1659-1708 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, and Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford) X
  • Names: Sykes, Arthur Ashley, 1684?-1756 (latitudinarian divine) X

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