Quaedam meam methodum Quadraturatum ..., not later than May 1693
Scope and Contents
An algebraic discussion of quadrature, in a hand other than Gregory's (counter to the "meam" in his index title, the final word of which, is obscured by a wrinkle in the paper). The strips on the back are notes, in Gregory's hand, about finding a new French translation of the Olynthian orations of Demosthenes and various ancient mathematics texts. These notes Gregory indexed as his "Batavia" shopping list of May 1693, verbatim, GB 0237 David Gregory Dk.1.2.1 Quarto A [31], and a note about having solicited Johannes Fredericus Gronovius to publish Josephus, and De Vries to publish Titus Lucretius Carus.
Dates
- Creation: not later than May 1693
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From the Fonds: 0.5 metre
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From the Fonds: Multiple languages
Physical Description
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Physical Description
genreform: manuscript
Processing Information
Kiki's number = 39
Processing Information
Duncan Fisher 15 June 2001
Subject
- Carus, Titus Lucretius, c98 BC-55 BC (poet and philosopher) (Person)
- Demosthenes, 383-322 BC (Greek orator) (Person)
- Gregory, David, 1659-1708 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, and Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford) (Person)
- Gronovius, Johannes Fredericus, 1611-1671 (German-Dutch classical scholar and critic) (Person)
- Josephus, Flavius, 37-100? (Jewish historian in the house of Vespasian) (Person)
- Vries | De, fl1693 (Dutch publisher) (Person)
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