Diagram
Date
23 January 1694
Creator
David Gregory (1659 - 1708, British) , Astronomer, Astronomer
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p67a
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 309mm
width (page): 197mm
width (page): 197mm
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 end of this section is dated 23 January 1693/94, Oxford.
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.
Object history
See the figure printed in David Gregory, Astronomiae physicae & geometricae elementa (Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1702), p. 435.
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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