Geometry
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Astronomiae Physicae et Geometricae Elementa, 28 February 1698
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [43]
Scope and Contents
Notes from a London meeting with Sir Isaac Newton on a revised plan for the Astronomiae physicae et geometricae elementa, (1702), Gregory's most important work. An erratum lies at the foot of this document, unrelated to it or to any of the other things on the sheet (which have their own entries in Gregory's index): a jotting about refraction, crystals, and cataracts of the eye. This is dated London, 30 May 1708.
Dates:
28 February 1698
Diagram by Newton, c1692
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [042]
Scope and Contents
Labelled figures of chord lines through circles.
Dates:
c1692
Diagram by Newton, c1692
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [045]
Scope and Contents
Labelled figures of triangle sections through circles.
Dates:
c1692
Folio E, c1692-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/Folio E
Scope and Contents
The constitution of the Folio E papers of David Gregory follows:
The documents' order is random, but the collection has several foci. One is David Gregory the academic's need for books. Numerous shopping lists for titles abroad reflect this, (one of which also includes a requirement for tea), as do inventories of other people's libraries nearer to home. Another focus in the collection is Gregory's public...
Dates:
c1692-c1708