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Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [032]
Scope and Contents
Case law collected (in an unknown hand, but annotated in Gregory's) and presented to the Bishop of London, visitor of Balliol College in December 1705, in the matter of one Alexander Chalmers of Aberdeen not being granted the privileges of Master of Arts in the College.
Dates:
1705
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio B [28]
Scope and Contents
Transcription of a book dedication, possibly referring to "Scotch Presbyterian eloquence display'd, or, The folly of their teaching discovered from the books, sermons and prayers : and some remarks on Mr. Rule's late Vindication of the Kirk: interspers'd with some genuine adventures in love", which appeared in 1692. It is in Gregory's hand, but signed "J.C."
Dates:
c1692
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [2]
Scope and Contents
A note describing the structure and optical properties of a particular form of crystal, possibly that for which Haddington (Scotland) is known. This is dated from Oxford 17 May 1697. It is crowded to the right of the page by a large capital A, over which reads the citation, "La Theorie de la Manoeuvre des Vaisseaux. L'Example de la Manoeuvre des Vaisseaux de Monsr le Chevalier de Tourville". Beneath this is a note of an apparent eclipse of Mercury by the Sun (using Zodiac symbols) on 24...
Dates:
c17 May 1697
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [80]
Scope and Contents
A page of what appears to be Gregory's thoughts on the legality of his interrogation pursuant to (possibly) the 1690 Act for the Visitation of Universities. On the reverse is a 1694 jotting on pitches and chords in pipes of particular dimensions.
Dates:
1692-1694
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [101]
Scope and Contents
A synopsis of the Provincial Synod of Fife.
Dates:
4 April 1703
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/Folio B
Scope and Contents
The papers of David Gregory consist of:
Most of the scientific content of Folio B comes from early in Gregory's career. It includes an index of later letters of John Collins (1625-1683) to James Gregorie (1638-1675), a number of Edinburgh lectures in geometry, mechanics, and optics, and some tables and manuscript pieces of 'Elementa Catoptricae et Dioptricae', the 'Institutes of Astronomy', and the...
Dates:
c1669-c1708
Series — Volume Dc.1.61: Series Coll-33/Folio C
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C
Scope and Contents
The papers of David Gregory consist of:
These are mostly handwritten items, bound together as a volume, though with some loose insertions of manuscripts which had strayed, some of them with modern annotations concerning their provenance. Their scope and content is as David Gregory indexed them, save for the missing items, which consist of two dozen papers and letters on general physics and maths, and...
Dates:
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/Folio D
Scope and Contents
The papers of David Gregory in Folio D consist of:
- An index, in David Gregory's hand, to the original collection, and part of a manuscript on Euclid, in James Gregorie's hand.
Dates:
c1670-c1705
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/Folio E
Scope and Contents
The constitution of the Folio E papers of David Gregory follows:
The documents' order is random, but the collection has several foci. One is David Gregory the academic's need for books. Numerous shopping lists for titles abroad reflect this, (one of which also includes a requirement for tea), as do inventories of other people's libraries nearer to home. Another focus in the collection is Gregory's public...
Dates:
c1692-c1708
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [index]
Scope and Contents
An index, in Gregory's hand, to the material he designated as Folio C.
Dates:
1700
