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Papers of David Gregory
    Gregory Papers

Edinburgh University Library Special Collections Division

Hygroscopium per [illegible]

Item Summary

Reference Code

GB 0237 David Gregory Dk.1.2.1 Quarto A [110]

Date(s)

1697

Extent and medium of the unit of description

1

manuscript

Name of creator

Gregory | David | 1661-1708 | professor of mathematics and astronomy, University of Edinburgh

Scope and Content

Scope and Content

Diagram and English description of a twisted-cord hygrometer. Below is Lucan's epigram about Pompey's failure to preserve the Republic against Caesar's megalomania. The date is 15 September 1697. Attached by glue is a slip of paper showing a short line of algebra.

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