Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.16699

    Diagram

    Date
    17th century
    Creator
    James Gregorie (1638 - 1675, Scottish) , Mathematician
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    f53 p3
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 199mm
    width (page): 155mm
    Subject
    Description
    Diagram in a tract entitled 'Universae trigonometriae praxis quinque canonibus exhibita' (Practice in general trigonometry using five rules), attributed to James Gregorie, who appears to have based some of his figures and values on Henry Briggs's Trigonometria Brittanica (Gouda, 1633).
    Related fellows
    David Gregory (1659 - 1708, British) , Astronomer, Astronomer
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