NAHSTE: Oratio de Baroscopiis in Coni: publ: Acad: Edinburg: 1688

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Oratio de Baroscopiis in Coni: publ: Acad: Edinburg: 1688
Item Summary
Reference Code	GB 0237 David Gregory Dc.1.61 Folio C [188]
Date(s)	1688
Extent and medium of the unit of description	1 manuscript
Name of creator	Gregory \| David \| 1659-1708 \| professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, and Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford
Scope and Content
Scope and Content	Graduation speech, in Gregory's hand, of one Charles Sinclair. It explains the barometer, and mentions the work of Torricelli, Huygens, and Hooke. Several diagrams append.
Index
Subjects	Meteorological Instruments
People	Hooke \| Robert \| (1635-1703) \| Experimental physicist and professor of geometry, University of Oxford Huygens \| Christiaan \| 1629-1695 \| Dutch mathematician Sinclair \| Charles \| fl1688 \| science graduate from the University of Edinburgh, student of David Gregory Torricelli \| Evangelista \| 1608-1647 \| Italian mathematician
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Oratio de Baroscopiis in Coni: publ: Acad: Edinburg: 1688