Astronomy
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Varied Motions, c1780-c1803
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/14
Scope and Contents
Volume contains manuscript notes on the geometry of motion, on materials science, and on astronomy; some jotted diagrams and tables attend.
Dates:
c1780-c1803
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- Names
- Gregory, David, 1659-1708 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, and Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford) 37
- University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 12
- Appleton, Sir Edward Victor, 1892-1965 (physicist and principal of the University of Edinburgh) 11
- Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 9
- Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh) 8
- Newton, Sir Isaac, 1642-1727 (mathematician and astronomer) 8
- Cassini, Jean Dominique, 1625-1712 (Italian astronomer) 5
- Flamsteed, John (first Astronomer Royal) 5
- Barrow, Isaac, 1630-1677 (mathematician, classicist, and divine) 4
- Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691 (natural philosopher and chemist) 4
- Duillier, Fatio de, 1664-1753 (Swiss mathematician) 4
- Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695 (Dutch mathematician) 4
- Rose, Alexander (geologist) 4
- Baillie, Anne, 1809-1847 (Former owner of manuscripts) 3
- Baillie, John Baillie, of Leys, 1835-1890 (donor of the Oriental Manuscripts Collection) 3
- Baillie, John, of Leys, 1772-1833 (Member of Parliament, and East India Company Official) 3
- Collins, John, 1625-1683 (mathematician) 3
- Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650 (French mathematician) 3
- Edinburgh Geological Society 3
- Halley, Sir Edmund, 1656-1742 (astronomer) 3
- Hudde, Jan, 1628-1704 (Dutch mathematician) 3
- Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 (German mathematician and astronomer) 3
- Mercator, Nicholas, ?1620-1687 (called Kauffmann) 3
- Pitcairne, Archibald, 1652-1713 (Scottish physician, amateur mathematician and poet) 3
- Ptolemy, Claudius, c85 -165 (Egyptian astronomer) 3
- Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 3
- Schooten, Frans van, 1615-1660 (Dutch mathematician) 3
- Serenus, d c360 (Greek mathematician) 3
- Sluse, 1622-1685 (Belgian mathematician) 3
- Snell, Willebrord, 1591-1626 (called Snellius) 3
- Torricelli, Evangelista, 1608-1647 (Italian mathematician) 3
- Wallis, John, 1616-1703 (professor of geometry, University of Oxford) 3
- Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 (Polish astronomer) 2
- Coupar Angus Abbey 2
- Diophantus of Alexandria, c200-c284 (Greek mathematician) 2
- Euclid of Alexandria, 325-265 BC (Egyptian mathematician) 2
- Fenton, James, fl1689 (Scottish mathematician) 2
- Gray, fl1692 (London book collector) 2
- Hooke, Robert, (1635-1703) (Experimental physicist and professor of geometry, University of Oxford) 2
- Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 2
- Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 2
- Leibniz, Gottfried Willhelm, 1646-1716 (German mathematician and philosopher) 2
- Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856 (man of letters and geologist) 2
- Pythagoras of Samos, c569 BC-c475 BC (Greek mathematician) 2
- Tchirnhausen, Ehrenfried Walther Von, 1631 ? 1708 (German mathematician) 2
- University of Glasgow (Scottish University)) 2
- Whiston, William, 1667-1752 (divine and natural philosopher) 2
- Abū al-Wafā Būzhjānī, 940-998 (Persian mathematician and astronomer) 1
- Agassiz, Jean Louis, 1807-1873 (Swiss-American naturalist and professor of natural history) 1
- Anderson, Adam, 1797-1853 (Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice) 1
- Anderson, David, 1750-1828 (Diplomat, East India Company) 1
- Anderson, James, 1758-1833 (Persian Interpretor, East India Company) 1
- Anderson, Robert, fl1668-1696 (mathematician and silk-weaver) 1
- Apfelbeckh, Hansen , fl 1500-1699 (donor of MS 130) 1
- Apollonius of Perga, 262-190 BC (Greek mathematician) 1
- Archimedes, of Syracuse, 287-212 BC (Sicillian mathematician) 1
- Aristotle, 384-322 BC (Greek philosopher) 1
- Baird, William, fl. 1670-1680 ('of Dysart') 1
- Baker, Thomas, 1625?-1689 (ecclesiastic and amateur mathematician) 1
- Bayle, Pierre, 1647-1706 (French Philosopher) 1
- Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742 (clergyman, scholar and critic) 1
- Bernard, Edward, 1638-1696 (professor of astronomy, University of Oxford) 1
- Bernoulli, Jean, 1667-1748 (Swiss mathematician) 1
- Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 1
- Brown, James, fl1785 (Glasgow distiller) 1
- Buchanan, George, 1506-1582 (Scottish expatriate, historian and scholar, anti-absolutist and satyrist of clerical vice) 1
- Busby, Richard, 1606-1695 (headmaster of Westminster School, London) 1
- Campbell, Colin, 1644-1726 1
- Celestines (Monastic order) 1
- Cheyne, George, 1671-1743 (Scottish physician and amateur mathematician) 1
- College of New Jersey (1746-1896) 1
- Craufurd, Thomas, fl 1626-1662 (Regent of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 1
- Dalgliesh, George, fl 1660-1662 (University of Edinburgh student) 1
- Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857 (science writer and philosopher) 1
- Drummond, William, 1585-1649 (Poet) 1
- Foulis, John, fl.1599 1
- Galleys, Abbe, fl1707 (French mathematician) 1
- Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 1
- George, Prince of Denmark, 1653-1708 (Prince of Denmark) 1
- Gregory, Georgina, 1811-1877 1
- Gregory, James, 1666-1742 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, brother of David Gregory) 1
- Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889 (antiquarian and scholar) 1
- Harrison, John, 1693-1776 (horologist) 1
- Haykal al-Dawrī, Muḥammad, fl. 1733 (Scribe) 1
- Heddle, Matthew Forster, 1828-1897 (professor of chemistry, University of St Andrews) 1
- Horn, William, fl 1850-1870 (Astronomical instrument maker from Stirling) 1
- Hunter, William, 1755-1812 (Surgeon, East India Company; Orientalist) 1
- Hôpital, Guillaume De l', 1661-1704 (French mathematician) 1
- Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d 636 (Title of work: De natura rerum liber.) 1
- Josephus, Flavius, 37-100? (Jewish historian in the house of Vespasian) 1
- Keill, John, 1671-1721 (mathematician and astronomer) 1
- King, Adam, c1560-c1625 (Scottish polymath) 1
- King, William, fl17th century (Regent, University of Edinburgh) 1
- Little, David, fl 1850-1870 (Astronomer) 1
- Lloyd, William, d1717 (Bishop of Worcester) 1
- Llull, Ramon, ? 1232-1316 (Catalan mystic, philosopher and poet) 1
- Lovell, Sir Alfred Charles Bernard, 1913-2012 (English radio astronomer, pioneer of radar and radio telescopes) 1
- Lucretius, Titus Carus, c98-55 BC (Latin poet and philosopher) 1
- MacLaurin, Colin, 1698-1746 (mathematician) 1
- Mackenzie, George, 1630-1714 (Viscount Tarbat | 1st Earl of Cromarty) 1 + ∧ less
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