Observata et dicta apud D. Hugenium, 06 June 1693
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [4]
Scope and Contents
Notes of a conversation in Holland with Christian Huygens, concerning an 'horologium' to show hours, months, years, and planetary positions. More general mention of the work of numerous other scientists: Notably, Huygens disputes the notion of John Bernoulli (James Bernoulli's younger brother) that the curve of an inflated sail is part-catenary and part-circle, and warns that Newton ought not to be 'deflected' into theology or chemistry.
Dates
- Creation: 06 June 1693
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Duncan Fisher18 May 2001
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Subject
- Bernoulli, James, 1654-1705 (Swiss mathematician) (Person)
- Bernoulli, Jean, 1667-1748 (Swiss mathematician) (Person)
- Gregory, David, 1659-1708 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, and Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford) (Person)
- Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695 (Dutch mathematician) (Person)
- Newton, Sir Isaac, 1642-1727 (mathematician and astronomer) (Person)
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