Diagrams
Date
17th century
Creator
James Gregorie (1638 - 1675, Scottish) , Mathematician
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
f55 p5r
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 160mm
width (page): 104mm
width (page): 104mm
Subject
Description
Diagrams in a tract entitled 'Tractatulus de quinque partibus circularibus' (A small tract on the five parts of the circle), attributed to James Gregorie, who appears to have based some of his figures and values on Henry Briggs's Trigonometria Brittanica (Gouda, 1633). These are from pp. 92-93.
Related fellows
David Gregory (1659 - 1708, British) , Astronomer, Astronomer
Associated place