Paper, 'De quadratura curvilinear' [On curved quadrature] by Archibald Pitcairne [and David Gregory?]
Reference number: CLP/1/25
Date: 07 September 1688
Description
Paper regarding the David Gregory's theory on the quadrature of circles. Written by Archibald Pitcairne, possibly with David Gregory, with whom Pitcairne wrote mathematical papers during his career. Includes equations.
Subject: Mathematics
- Reference number
- CLP/1/25
- Earliest possible date
- 07 September 1688
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, 'De quadratura curvilinear' [On curved quadrature] by Archibald Pitcairne [and David Gregory?], 07 September 1688, CLP/1/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_1_25/paper-de-quadratura-curvilinear-on-curved-quadrature-by-archibald-pitcairne-and-david-gregory, accessed on 20 June 2025
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Classified papers: volume 1 concerning 'Arithmetick, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry'
1669-1731 Reference number: CLP/1
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David Gregory
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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