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Apud Doctorem Ruyschium Amsterodami, 24 May 1693

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [10]

Scope and Contents Notes from a paediatric anatomy demonstration, that appears to have dealt with certain birth defects. Followed by what appears to be a note about an actuarial problem concerning human senescence; several individuals who have worked on it are named, including Christiaan Huygens. Then follows a diagram of a machine designed by Jan Hudde for descrying a curve of changing slope. Last is a note about a conversation with Hudde about calculating dimensions and focal length of lenses in...

Dates: 24 May 1693

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Artificium singulare in Oculo Noctua, 1695

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [93]

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A note and diagram on corneal occlusion, taken down by Gregory from Archibald Pitcairne.

Dates: 1695

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Astronomiae manuscript, 3 June 1702

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [85]

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Part of the package shipped off to the printer.

Dates: 3 June 1702

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Astronomiae Physicae et Geometricae Elementa, 28 February 1698

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [43]

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Notes from a London meeting with Sir Isaac Newton on a revised plan for the Astronomiae physicae et geometricae elementa, (1702), Gregory's most important work. An erratum lies at the foot of this document, unrelated to it or to any of the other things on the sheet (which have their own entries in Gregory's index): a jotting about refraction, crystals, and cataracts of the eye. This is dated London, 30 May 1708.

Dates: 28 February 1698

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Bayle de refractione, s.d.

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [160]

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A page on the apparent position of planets, in light of Descartes. "Bayle" could conceivably refer to Pierre Bayle (1647-1706), who critiqued Cartesianism once, early in his career, but Peter Bayle was not strictly known as a mathematician or an astronomer.

Dates: s.d.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Book list, c1693

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [040]

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A slip bearing fragments of book titles. The titles range through medicine, classics, cartography, naval maneuvering, architecture, language reference, and mathematics.

Dates: c1693

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections