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Quadratura testudinis velifirmis Florentini in Phil. Trans., 1694

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [97]

Scope and Contents

Another of three drafts of a paper (see item C 67) to solve the famous problem of drawing in a hemispherical dome four apposing windows, so that, when these were removed, the remaining surface of the dome could be exactly measured.

Glued to the last page is a small table of azimuths or elevations along the sea route from Leith to Dover and beyond, and a jotting of several partial book titles (by Byle, James Gregory, Apian, Snell, Kepler, and one other), and item C 101, for whose entry see below.

Dates

  • Creation: 1694

Creator

Physical Description

1

Physical Description

genreform: manuscript

Extent

From the Fonds: 0.5 metre

Physical Description

1

Physical Description

genreform: manuscript

Processing Information

Kiki's number=223

Processing Information

Duncan Fisher21 August 2002

Repository Details

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