Diagrams
Date
11 January 1688
Creator
David Gregory (1659 - 1708, British) , Astronomer, Astronomer
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Manuscript page number
p15v
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Dimensions
height (page): 327mm
width (page): 210mm
width (page): 210mm
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Description
Diagrams 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. This page is dated 11 January 1688 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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