Demonstration que la Cycloide est la Courve de la ... descent, 1699

Item

Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [123]

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Scope and Contents

Gregory's copy of de l'Hôpital's analysis of the curve of most rapid descent into a cycloid.

Dates

Creation: 1699

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

Kiki's number=293

Processing Information

Duncan Fisher22 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

LHopital, Guillaume, 1661-1704 (French mathematician) (Person)

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