Notes on priority, 1707

Item

Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [038]

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Scope and Contents

This small slip bears what appears to be ammunition in Gregory's defence of his uncle James Gregorie against old charges of plagiarism. The confusing reference to "Actis Phil. Septemb. & Decemb. 1797" is a slip of the pen. The material appeared in the Acta of 1707.

Dates

Creation: 1707

Creator

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

Physical Description

genreform: 1 manuscript

Extent

From the Fonds: 0.5 metre

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genreform: 1 manuscript

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Duncan Fisher 26 June 2002

Subjects

Mathematics

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Creator

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

Subject

Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh) (Person)

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Notes on priority, 1707

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