Methodus tangentium Slusii illustrata a Burchero de Volder, 1691

Item

Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [81]

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Scope and Contents

An exposition of Sluse's general algorithm that allowed one to pass from an equation to its curve to its subtangent. Marginalia in Gregory's hand.

Dates

Creation: 1691

Creator

Gregory, David, 1659-1708 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, and Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford) (Person)

Physical Description

1

Physical Description

genreform: manuscript

Extent

From the Fonds: 0.5 metre

Additional Description

Physical Description

1

Physical Description

genreform: manuscript

Processing Information

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Processing Information

Duncan Fisher15 August 2002

Subjects

Mathematics

Related Names

Creator

Gregory, David, 1659-1708 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, and Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford) (Person)

Subject

Volder, Burchard De, 1643-1709 (Dutch mathematician) (Person)

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