Diagram
Date
24 December 1692
Creator
David Gregory (1659 - 1708, British) , Astronomer, Astronomer
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Manuscript page number
p21r
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 297mm
width (page): 181mm
width (page): 181mm
Subject
Description
Diagram in David Gregory's notes on Newton's Principia mathematica philosophicae naturalis (1687). Gregory worked on his commentary on Principia from 1687 for the rest of his life. Manuscript versions of the notes were in circulation, but were never published. The page is dated 24 December 1692 at the bottom.
Gregory was the Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford and author of Astronomiae physicae et geometricae elementa (Oxford, 1702). This volume of papers was given to the Royal Society in 1866.
Gregory was the Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford and author of Astronomiae physicae et geometricae elementa (Oxford, 1702). This volume of papers was given to the Royal Society in 1866.
Related fellows
David Gregory (1659 - 1708, British) , Astronomer, Astronomer
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
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