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Scheda D.G. de rotatione globi de percussione orta, 12 February 1695

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [25]

Scope and Contents

David Gregory's solution to Sir Edmund Halley's problem, proposed during Gregory's composition of the "Tract on Fluxions", of finding the rotary motion in a sphere struck by another sphere. (Halley's solution is in Coll-33/Quarto A [7].) It is built on some basic lemmas and includes a reference (possibly after the date given) to proposition 40 of the "Tract on Fluxions".

Dates

  • Creation: 12 February 1695

Creator

Physical Description

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Physical Description

genreform: manuscript

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Extent

From the Fonds: 0.5 metre

Physical Description

1

Physical Description

genreform: manuscript

Processing Information

Kiki's number = 30

Processing Information

Duncan Fisher 04 June 2001

Repository Details

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