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Extract, 'An answer to Monsieur Huygens etc' by [James] Gregorie

Reference number: CLP/1/22

Date: 1660s

Description

An extract of Gregorie's letter to the publisher in which he comments on a letter published by Huygens regarding true circles and squares of hyperbolas. A copy of this letter is also found at CLP/1/31.

Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An extract of a letter of Mr. James Gregory to the publisher, containing some considerations of his, upon M. Hugens his letter, printed in vindication of his examen of the book, entitled Vera Circuli & Hyperbola Quadratura'.

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CLP/1/22
Earliest possible date
1660s
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Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Gregorie

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James Gregorie, Extract, 'An answer to Monsieur Huygens etc' by [James] Gregorie, 1660s, CLP/1/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_1_22/extract-an-answer-to-monsieur-huygens-etc-by-james-gregorie, accessed on 16 September 2026

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