Problemata Proposita J. Young a D. Pitcairne, 1683-1687
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [187]
Scope and Contents
Broadsheet excerpts of the problem and condemnation in the joust between Archibald Pitcairne and John Young, which lost the latter his mathematics chair at Edinburgh. There follows a rumination, perhaps in Pitcairne's hand or perhaps Gregory's, on scientific education.
Dates
- Creation: 1683-1687
Physical Description
2
Physical Description
genreform: manuscripts
Extent
From the Fonds: 0.5 metre
Physical Description
2
Physical Description
genreform: manuscripts
Processing Information
Kiki's number=453
Processing Information
Duncan Fisher26 August 2002
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk