Diagram
Date
28 February 1698
Creator
David Gregory (1659 - 1708, British) , Astronomer, Astronomer
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p72a
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 382mm
width (page): 247mm
width (page): 247mm
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. These sheets are dated 28 February 1697/8.
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
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
David Gregory (1659 - 1708, British) , Astronomer, Astronomer
David Gregory (1659 - 1708, British) , Astronomer, Astronomer
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