Quadratura testudinis velifirmis Florentini in Phil. Trans., 1694
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
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Physical Description
genreform: manuscript
Extent
From the Fonds: 0.5 metre
Physical Description
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Physical Description
genreform: manuscript
Processing Information
Kiki's number=223
Processing Information
Duncan Fisher21 August 2002
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