| Reference number | CLP/1/21/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Manuscript, 'Solutio problematis florentum' [Of the solution to the Florentine problem] by David Gregory in his letter to Edmond Halley |
| Date | 1693 |
| Description | David Gregory's solution to the 'Florentine' problem set by Vincenzo Viviani, a disciple of Galileo Galilei, in the Acta Eruditorum (1692). The task was to create four equal-sized windows from a spherical dome in such a way that the remainder of the sphere would be quadrable. Gregory's solution was one of several correct solutions offered.
Includes diagram in text.
Subject: Geometry
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Solutio problematis Florentini de testitudine veliformi quadrabili, a Davide Gregorio, M. D. ac R. S. S. Communicata'.
Communicated by Edmond Halley. Read to the Royal Society on 17 January 1694. |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1694.0006 |
| JBO/9/149 |
| Related records in the catalogue | EL/G1/45 |
| CLP/1/21/2 |
| CLP/1/21 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7998 | Gregory; David (c1661 - 1708); mathematician and astronomer | c1661 - 1708 |
| NA8423 | Halley; Edmond (1656 - 1742); astronomer | 1656 - 1742 |
| NA4529 | Viviani; Vincenzo (1622 - 1703); mathematician and physicist | 1622 - 1703 |