Catenary diagram
Date
1697
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Unknown, Engraver
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The Royal Society, Publisher
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Two diagrams to David Gregory’s treatise on catenaria, the mathematical curve.
Illustration to Davidis Gregorii M.D. Astronomiae Professoris Saviliani & S.R.S. Catenaria. Ad Reverendum virum D. Henricum Aldrich S. T. P. Decanum AEdis Christi Oxaniae published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.19, issue 231 (Aug 1697) pp.637-652.
David Gregory (1659 - 1708), British astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1690
Illustration to Davidis Gregorii M.D. Astronomiae Professoris Saviliani & S.R.S. Catenaria. Ad Reverendum virum D. Henricum Aldrich S. T. P. Decanum AEdis Christi Oxaniae published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.19, issue 231 (Aug 1697) pp.637-652.
David Gregory (1659 - 1708), British astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1690
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David Gregory (1659 - 1708, British) , Astronomer, Astronomer
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