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Adnotata Phys: et Math: de Newtono 1698..., 1698

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [62]
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Thoughts on Newton's theory of the moon. Gregory notes Fatio's success in deriving the inverse square law, and Flamsteed's refusal to supply orbital data.

Dates: 1698
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Aenigma Florentinum. Dav: Gregorii M.S. in Trans: Philos, 1694

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [67]
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One of three drafts of a paper to solve the famous problem of drawing in a hemispherical dome four apposing windows, so that, when these were removed, the remaining surface of the dome could be exactly measured.

Dates: 1694
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Agriculture note, 1698

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [063]
Scope and Contents

A short note on rye grass, food prices, and pigeon coops, followed by a shorter remark on the most comfortable dimensions of the steps in a staircase.

Dates: 1698
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

An abstract of Schurnhaus Letter, c1690

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [28]
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An abstract of 1676 correspondence to a colleague from Tchurnhaus, on radicals in equations.

Dates: c1690
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

An account of a manuscript..., c1703

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [062]
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A manuscript reviewed by Gregory for a colleague (whose name is illegible), mostly concerning Euclid.

Dates: c1703
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

An account of D. Gregorii Catoptrica et Dioptrica ... in the Philos. Transact:, 1695

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [109]
Scope and Contents

A draft of the notice of his Catoptrics and Dioptrics textbook which Gregory intended for the Transactions of the Royal Society.

Dates: 1695
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

An account of the tumults in Spring 1691 in Edr College, 1691

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio B [26]
Scope and Contents

Gregory's record of campus division between his camp and rival Massie's.

Dates: 1691
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

An address to the Comittee of the Parl: of Scotland for Visiting schools & Colleges, 1687

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [215]
Scope and Contents

Gregory's thoughts on how a boy should be educated. He counselled more Greek than he had himself.

Dates: 1687
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

An answer to the former Lybel, 1689

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio B [25]
Scope and Contents

Gregory's own record of his initial answer to the recriminations that went before the Committee.

Dates: 1689
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Apollonii de rectarum linearum sectione proportionali..., c1700

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio B [37]
Scope and Contents Edward Bernard, Gregory's predecessor in the Savilian Chair of Astronomy, had conceived of an edition of the ancient geometers, beginning with Apollonius, whose "Sectio Rationis" he found in Arabic among the Selden manuscripts at Oxford. He attempted a translation into Latin. This item is the result of that attempt (minus pages 1 and 2), along with a fair copy made by Gregory (see also Item 21) at the request of Henry Aldrich, Dean of Christ Church and collaborator on the project. Bernard...
Dates: c1700
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695 (Dutch mathematician) 17
Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650 (French mathematician) 14
Tchirnhausen, Ehrenfried Walther Von, 1631 ? 1708 (German mathematician) 14
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University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 7
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Torricelli, Evangelista, 1608-1647 (Italian mathematician) 5
Barrow, George, 1853-1932 (geologist) 4
Cassini, Jean Dominique, 1625-1712 (Italian astronomer) 4
Collins, John, 1625-1683 (mathematician) 4
Diophantus of Alexandria, c200-c284 (Greek mathematician) 4
Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 (German mathematician and astronomer) 4
Mercator, Nicholas, ?1620-1687 (called Kauffmann) 4
Ptolemy, Claudius, c85 -165 (Egyptian astronomer) 4
Serenus, d c360 (Greek mathematician) 4
Snell, Willebrord, 1591-1626 (called Snellius) 4
Bernard, Edward, 1638-1696 (professor of astronomy, University of Oxford) 3
Bernoulli, Jean, 1667-1748 (Swiss mathematician) 3
Hooke, Robert, (1635-1703) (Experimental physicist and professor of geometry, University of Oxford) 3
Keill, John, 1671-1721 (mathematician and astronomer) 3
Leibniz, Gottfried Willhelm, 1646-1716 (German mathematician and philosopher) 3
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 3
University of Oxford (c1096-:) 3
Volder, Burchard De, 1643-1709 (Dutch mathematician) 3
Whiston, William, 1667-1752 (divine and natural philosopher) 3
unknown 3
Anderson, Robert, fl1668-1696 (mathematician and silk-weaver) 2
Archimedes, of Syracuse, 287-212 BC (Sicillian mathematician) 2
Baker, Thomas, 1625?-1689 (ecclesiastic and amateur mathematician) 2
Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742 (clergyman, scholar and critic) 2
Boyle Lectures (1692-1732) 2
Busby, Richard, 1606-1695 (headmaster of Westminster School, London) 2
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 (Polish astronomer) 2
De Witt, Jan, 1625-1672 (Dutch statesman and mathematician) 2
Deschales, Claude, 1621-1678 (French Jesuit and mathematician) 2
Fenton, James, fl1689 (Scottish mathematician) 2
Fermat, Pierre de, 17 August 1601-12 January 1665 (mathematician) 2
Frenicle de Bessy, Bernard, 1605-1675 (French mathematician and court official) 2
Gray, fl1692 (London book collector) 2
Hôpital, Guillaume De l', 1661-1704 (French mathematician) 2
Ibn al-Haytham, Alhazen, 965-1039 (Arab mathematician and physicist) 2
Josephus, Flavius, 37-100? (Jewish historian in the house of Vespasian) 2
LHopital, Guillaume, 1661-1704 (French mathematician) 2
Lloyd, William, d1717 (Bishop of Worcester) 2
Mackenzie, George, 1630-1714 (Viscount Tarbat | 1st Earl of Cromarty) 2
Mackworth, Sir Humphry, 1657-1727 (politician and mining capitalist) 2
Mercator, Gerardus, 1512-1594 (mathematician and cartographer) 2
Pythagoras of Samos, c569 BC-c475 BC (Greek mathematician) 2
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Voss, 1618-1689 (Dutch mathematician) 2
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Bayle, Pierre, 1647-1706 (French Philosopher) 1
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Buchanan, George, 1506-1582 (Scottish expatriate, historian and scholar, anti-absolutist and satyrist of clerical vice) 1
Campbell, Colin, 1644-1726 (theologian and minister of Ardchattan, Argyllshire; correspondent with Newton) 1
Carus, Titus Lucretius, c98 BC-55 BC (poet and philosopher) 1
Cheyne, George, 1671-1743 (Scottish physician and amateur mathematician) 1
Collins, John, 1625-1683, mathematician 1
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Demosthenes, 383-322 BC (Greek orator) 1
Edward the Confessor, King of England, 1003-1066 1
Falconer, John, fl1690 (science graduate from the University of Edinburgh, student of David Gregory) 1
Galleys, Abbe, fl1707 (French mathematician) 1
George, Prince of Denmark, 1653-1708 (Prince of Denmark) 1
Girard, Albert, 1595-1632 (musician and mathematician) 1
Gregory, Georgina, 1811-1877 1
Gregory, James, 1666-1742 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, brother of David Gregory) 1
Gronovius, Johannes Fredericus, 1611-1671 (German-Dutch classical scholar and critic) 1
Harvey, William, 1578-1657 (physician) 1
Keith, George, 1639?-1716 (religious activist and amateur mathematician) 1
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Lucretius, Titus Carus, c98-55 BC (Latin poet and philosopher) 1
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Oliphant, Laurence, fl1690 (science graduate from the University of Edinburgh, student of David Gregory) 1
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Sinclair, Charles, fl1688 (science graduate from the University of Edinburgh, student of David Gregory) 1
Southwell, Robert, fl1692 (President of the Royal Society) 1
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University of Glasgow (Scottish University)) 1
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