Astronomy
Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:
Eclipses and latitude, 1698-1700
Published resources for the Astronomiae.
Elementa Astronomiae, conscribenda a D.G. et al., 23 April 1697
The basic planning document for David Gregory's major work, composed probably in conference, at eleven thirty in the morning, 23 April, 1697, with the collaborators' initials at the top.
Errata, 1704
List of locations, apparently within the Astronomiae, where editorial changes are due.
Explanation of Phenomena, c1780-c1803
Volume contains manuscript notes in English and Latin on various known astronomical phenomena.
Folio B, c1669-c1708
Folio C, c1680-c1708
Halleii methodus determinanti Aphectis Excentr: planete, 1676
A transcription of a 1667 article in the Transactions, in which Halley shows how to find a planet in its elliptical orbit.
Hydraulics, c1780-c1803
Volume contains manuscript notes on hydraulics. Numerous diagrams append, including an enormous one of a fourteen-foot water wheel.
Index Chartarum in M.S. C. in folio, 1700
An index, in Gregory's hand, to the material he designated as Folio C.
Institutionum Astronomicorum Liber 1 et 2, 1685
Extract of Gregory's Edinburgh course in astronomy, with 10 drawn diagrams.