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Explanation of Symbols, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/18
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on the symbology of mathematics and engineering, followed by miscellanea on dymanics ('wheel carriages' being a special topic). There are some minor diagrams, and some of the terms are glossed with Russian.

Dates: c1780-c1803

Fluxions, c1780-c1808

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Identifier: Coll-204/20
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on the calculus.

Dates: c1780-c1808

Folio B, c1669-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 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

Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research, 1896-1979

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/G1
Scope and Contents Material regarding the Moray House Tests, c1920s-1970s; Northumberland Mental Tests, c1920s; Sample tests, 1920-1987; Testing Samples, United States, c1920s-1950s; Publications, 1896-c1978; Godfrey Thomson, c1930s-1947; Correspondence...
Dates: 1896-1979

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

University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development: buildings plans, 1951-1978

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/D/5
Scope and Contents The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development: buildings plans consists of: plans: proposed car park plans, (1971 plans: College of Agriculture, (1954-1974) plans: King's Buildings Centre, (1964-1973) plans: Maths / Physics Institute, (1965-1975) plans: zoology building, (1959-1973 plans: department of animal...
Dates: 1951-1978

University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development: Maths / Physics Institute, 1965-1975

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/D/5.4
Scope and Contents

11 copy architectural plans (73cm x 111cm) for the Maths /Physics Institute at the University of Edinburgh King's Buildings. The plans are designed by the architects Sir Basil Spence, Glover & Ferguson and consist of a site plan, a grounds plan and floor plans all at 1/16" to 1' scale, and elevations and sections all 1/4" to 1' scale. .

Dates: 1965-1975

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Gregory, David, 1659-1708 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, and Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford) 2
Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 2
Anderson, Robert, fl1668-1696 (mathematician and silk-weaver) 1
Apollonius of Perga, 262-190 BC (Greek mathematician) 1
Archimedes, of Syracuse, 287-212 BC (Sicillian mathematician) 1
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Baker, Thomas, 1625?-1689 (ecclesiastic and amateur mathematician) 1
Barrow, Isaac, 1630-1677 (mathematician, classicist, and divine) 1
Bayle, Pierre, 1647-1706 (French Philosopher) 1
Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742 (clergyman, scholar and critic) 1
Bernard, Edward, 1638-1696 (professor of astronomy, University of Oxford) 1
Bernoulli, Jean, 1667-1748 (Swiss mathematician) 1
Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691 (natural philosopher and chemist) 1
Brown, James, fl1785 (Glasgow distiller) 1
Busby, Richard, 1606-1695 (headmaster of Westminster School, London) 1
Cassini, Jean Dominique, 1625-1712 (Italian astronomer) 1
Cheyne, George, 1671-1743 (Scottish physician and amateur mathematician) 1
Collins, John, 1625-1683 (mathematician) 1
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 (Polish astronomer) 1
Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650 (French mathematician) 1
Duillier, Fatio de, 1664-1753 (Swiss mathematician) 1
Edinburgh Provincial Training Centre (1907-1959) 1
Flamsteed, John (first Astronomer Royal) 1
Gray, fl1692 (London book collector) 1
Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh) 1
Halley, Sir Edmund, 1656-1742 (astronomer) 1
Hudde, Jan, 1628-1704 (Dutch mathematician) 1
Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695 (Dutch mathematician) 1
Hôpital, Guillaume De l', 1661-1704 (French mathematician) 1
Johnson-Marshall, Percy, 1915-1993 (professor of urban design and regional planning, University of Edinburgh) 1
Josephus, Flavius, 37-100? (Jewish historian in the house of Vespasian) 1
Keill, John, 1671-1721 (mathematician and astronomer) 1
Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 (German mathematician and astronomer) 1
Lawley, Derrick, 1915-2012 (statistician) 1
Ledermann, Walter (Mathematician) 1
Lloyd, William, d1717 (Bishop of Worcester) 1
Lucretius, Titus Carus, c98-55 BC (Latin poet and philosopher) 1
Mackenzie, George, 1630-1714 (Viscount Tarbat | 1st Earl of Cromarty) 1
Mackworth, Sir Humphry, 1657-1727 (politician and mining capitalist) 1
Mary of Modena, 1658-1718 (Queen of James II of England) 1
Mercator, Nicholas, ?1620-1687 (called Kauffmann) 1
Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 1
Newton, Sir Isaac, 1642-1727 (mathematician and astronomer) 1
Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates (1962-:) 1
Pilley, John, fl1952-1965 (Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 1
Pitcairne, Archibald, 1652-1713 (Scottish physician, amateur mathematician and poet) 1
Ptolemy, Claudius, c85 -165 (Egyptian astronomer) 1
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 1
Schooten, Frans van, 1615-1660 (Dutch mathematician) 1
Scottish Council for Research in Education (fl. 1928-2003) 1
Serenus, d c360 (Greek mathematician) 1
Sir Basil Spence, Glover & Ferguson (1962-1992) 1
Sluse, 1622-1685 (Belgian mathematician) 1
Snell, Willebrord, 1591-1626 (called Snellius) 1
Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 1
Torricelli, Evangelista, 1608-1647 (Italian mathematician) 1
University of Edinburgh. Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 1
University of Glasgow (Scottish University)) 1
Volder, Burchard De, 1643-1709 (Dutch mathematician) 1
Voss, 1618-1689 (Dutch mathematician) 1
Wallis, John, 1616-1703 (professor of geometry, University of Oxford) 1
Whiston, William, 1667-1752 (divine and natural philosopher) 1
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