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Methodus Tangentium demonstrata ..., not later than 1691
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [39]
Scope and Contents
Exposition, by Leiden mathematician Burchard de Volder (possibly in his hand), of René-François de Sluse's method of tangents.
Dates:
not later than 1691
Methodus tangentium Slusii illustrata a Burchero de Volder, 1691
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [81]
Scope and Contents
An exposition of Sluse's general algorithm that allowed one to pass from an equation to its curve to its subtangent. Marginalia in Gregory's hand.
Dates:
1691
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