The Life of Sir Isaac NewtonGall & Inglis, 1900 - 346 páginas |
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... Gregory, in his Optica Promota, published in 1668, had shown that parallel and diverging rays could be reflected or refracted, with mathematical accuracy, to a point or focus, by giving the surface a parabolic, an elliptical, or a ...
... Gregory, in his Optica Promota, published in 1668, had shown that parallel and diverging rays could be reflected or refracted, with mathematical accuracy, to a point or focus, by giving the surface a parabolic, an elliptical, or a ...
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... Gregory, but pmliably without hiowing it. It is quite certain, however, that Newton was acquainted with Gregory's invention, as appears from the following avowal of it. When I first applied mysolf to try the effects of reflexion, Mr.
... Gregory, but pmliably without hiowing it. It is quite certain, however, that Newton was acquainted with Gregory's invention, as appears from the following avowal of it. When I first applied mysolf to try the effects of reflexion, Mr.
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... Gregory, indeed, had attempted, in 1664 or 1665, to construct his instrument. He employed Messrs. Rives and Cox, who were celebrated glass-grinders of that time, to execute a concave speculum of six feet radius, and likewise a small one ...
... Gregory, indeed, had attempted, in 1664 or 1665, to construct his instrument. He employed Messrs. Rives and Cox, who were celebrated glass-grinders of that time, to execute a concave speculum of six feet radius, and likewise a small one ...
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... Gregory, the first in some respects the rival, but both the friends, of Newton. Whiston bewails, in the anguish of his heart, the difference, in this respect, between those universities and his own. David Gregory taught in Edinburgh for ...
... Gregory, the first in some respects the rival, but both the friends, of Newton. Whiston bewails, in the anguish of his heart, the difference, in this respect, between those universities and his own. David Gregory taught in Edinburgh for ...
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... Gregory, Professor of Philosophy at Bt. Andrews, printed a Thoeis at Edinburgh in 1690, containing twenty- five positions, of which twenty-two woro a compond of Newton's Frincipia, cipia, Optics, and Universal Arithmetic of Newton and ...
... Gregory, Professor of Philosophy at Bt. Andrews, printed a Thoeis at Edinburgh in 1690, containing twenty- five positions, of which twenty-two woro a compond of Newton's Frincipia, cipia, Optics, and Universal Arithmetic of Newton and ...
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