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Geometry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

Error in Hospitalii Analysi frag: 23 prop. 7, 1697

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [99]
Scope and Contents

A paragraph about De l'Hopital's treatment of a curve.

Dates: 1697
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Quarto A

Euclid book contents, 1703

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [78]
Scope and Contents

Draft of the contents, either for an advertisement or an introduction, of Gregory's Euclid book.

Dates: 1703
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Folio E

Ex Actis Lipsiae de Pyramide, s.d.

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [170]
Scope and Contents

A paragraph about the geometry of triangular solids. "Actis Lipsiae" doubtless refers to the Acta Eruditorum, published in Leipzig from 1682 to 1731.

Dates: s.d.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Folio C

Excercitatio geometrica de dimensione figurarum, 1684

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [57]
Scope and Contents

Excercises in geometry for Gregory's Edinburgh students.

Dates: 1684
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Quarto A

Excerpta de Codico M.S. Henratii communicata a [illegible], 27 May 1693

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [19]
Scope and Contents

Extract of a volume (only partially cited) found by David Gregory in Amsterdam. He captions this "F: a. Schoten', suggesting that the work transcribed is that of geometer Frans van Schooten (1615-1660). The work concerns curves and quadratures, and is laced with comparisons to the work of Jan Hudde.

Dates: 27 May 1693
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Quarto A

Exercit: Geom: D: Gregorii, 1684

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [014]
Scope and Contents

An insertion 'ad Pag: 41' of Gregory's textbook 'Exercitatio geometrica de dimensione figurarum'.

Dates: 1684
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Folio E

Explicatio ... in Geometria Cartesiana, et ... de natura aequationum, c1680

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [51]
Scope and Contents

Rough notes, very likely composed at Rotterdam, on the Latin edition of Rene Descartes' Geometria, (1659), which was published by Schooten.

Dates: c1680
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Quarto A

Folio D, c1670-c1705

 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 D
Scope and Contents

The papers of David Gregory in Folio D consist of:


  1. An index, in David Gregory's hand, to the original collection, and part of a manuscript on Euclid, in James Gregorie's hand.
Dates: c1670-c1705
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory

Fragments of print translation of Apollonius by Halley, 1706

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [98]
Scope and Contents

5 unconnected pages from Halley's published translation of Apollonius, dedicated to Henry Aldrich, whose grant had funded the project.

Dates: 1706
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Folio E

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