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b. 1877 - d. 1956

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    • Gregory (David) Catoptricae et dioptricae sphaericae elementa, first edition, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1695.
      Aug. 26, 2021

      Gregory (David) Catoptricae et dioptricae sphaericae elementa, first edition, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1695.

      Est: £800 - £1,200

      Gregory (David) Catoptricae et dioptricae sphaericae elementa, first edition, engraved vignette of Sheldonian Theatre to title and woodcut diagrams, light spotting to endpapers, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, some scuffing and rubbing to corners and joints, 8vo, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1695. ⁂ Rare, famous for its suggestion that a compound lens might be formed by two simple lenses of different materials might correct for chromatic aberration. (Whiteside suggests that Gregory may have had this suggestion from Newton). The use of 'achromatic doublets' was a crucial step in the further development of telescopes and microscopes.

      Forum Auctions - UK
    • Gregory, David
      Aug. 31, 2016

      Gregory, David

      Est: £150 - £250

      Gregory, David A Treatise of Practical Geometry in Three Parts. Edinburgh: W. and T. Ruddimans, for Messrs. Hamilton and Balfour, 1745. 8vo, 5 folding plates, contemporary calf, plate 4 trimmed, slightly affecting header, a little light soiling and occasional small tears, not affecting text [ESTC T18589]

      Lyon & Turnbull
    • Gregory, David
      May. 04, 2016

      Gregory, David

      Est: £300 - £500

      Gregory, David A Treatise of Practical Geometry in Three Parts. Edinburgh: W. and T. Ruddimans, for Messrs. Hamilton and Balfour, 1745. 8vo, 5 folding plates, contemporary calf, plate 4 trimmed, slightly affecting header, a little light soiling and occasional small tears, not affecting text [ESTC T18589]

      Lyon & Turnbull
    • GREGORY, DAVID.
      Nov. 04, 2004

      GREGORY, DAVID.

      Est: £4,000 - £5,000

      Praelectiones de motu in partes tres divisae... anno Domini 1685 (Institutiones astronomicarum partes tres... 1686; Lectiones opticae). [England, c. 1730] Condition Note: folio (306 x 188mm.), manuscript on paper, 404 numbered pages in a single neat scribal hand, the text written within two red-ruled margins, 29 lines to a page with catchwords, illustration: copious pen-and-ink diagrams both in the body of the text and on 19 folding 'plates', all keyed into text with relevant numbers (1-19 Motion; 1-15 Astronomy; 1-62 Optics), binding : early eighteenth-century blind panelled reversed calf, marbled endpapers, binding a trifle worn

      Sotheby's
    • GREGORY, DAVID.
      Nov. 04, 2004

      GREGORY, DAVID.

      Est: £4,000 - £5,000

      The Elements of astronomy, physical and geometrical... Done into English, with additions and corrections. To which is annex'd Dr Halley's Synopsis of the astronomy of comets. London: for J. Nicholson... and sold by J. Morphew, 1715 Condition Note: 2 volumes bound in 4, 8vo (200 x 118mm.), [2], xii, [2], 198; [314 (numbered 199-512)]; [2], [228 (numbered 465-691)]; [213 (numbered 693-905)], [5 (index)] pp.; illustration : 79 engraved plates, binding : eighteenth-century English red morocco gilt, panelled sides with fleurons at corners, inner roll-border, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges, spines slightly faded, occasional light spotting

      Sotheby's
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