Astronomy
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Quarto A, c1680-c1708
Series — Box Dk.1.2: Series Coll-33/Quarto A; Series Coll-33/Folio B; Series Coll-33/Folio D; Series Coll-33/Folio E
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A
Scope and Contents
The papers of David Gregory in Quarto A consist of:
107 manuscript papers and an index, relating to: theoretical physics, including optics, especially treatises on refraction and colour, on mechanics, specifically on velocity, gravitation, centrifugal and centripetal force, and the movement of solids through fluid, and an occasional thought on magnetic attraction. Applied physics, considering ships,...
Dates:
c1680-c1708
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