RefNo | CLP/1/21/2 |
Level | Item |
Title | Diagram, the Florentine problem by David Gregory in his letter to Edmond Halley |
Date | 1693 |
Description | Diagram contained within text on the second page of the document. Labelled fig. 3, consists of two circles enclosed in a larger circle, with a semi-circle overlapping. There are lines and angles and parts are lettered.
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 | 1p |
Format | Diagram |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1694.0006 |
JBO/9/149 |
RelatedRecord | EL/G1/45 |
CLP/1/21 |
CLP/1/21/1 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7998 | Gregory; David (c1661 - 1708); mathematician and astronomer | c1661 - 1708 |
NA8423 | Halley; Edmond (1656 - 1742); astronomer | 1656 - 1742 |