Gregory's Window Bracket

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Title

Gregory's Window Bracket

Description

This bracket was supposedly used by Gregory himself to help align his meridian line. It lies in alignment with Gregory's Pillar to an extraordinary degree of precision.

Source

mathematicalycurious

Contributor

jb402@st-andrews.ac.uk

Format

image/jpeg

Type

Still Image

License

Creative Commons Attribution License

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Alisz Reed, Yansong Li

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Wiki

https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Gregory's_Window_Bracket

DescriptionEN

This bracket was supposedly used by Gregory himself to help align his meridian line. It lies in alignment with Gregory's Pillar to an extraordinary degree of precision.

Citation

“Gregory's Window Bracket,” St Andrews Science, accessed November 26, 2024, https://straylight.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/standscience/omeka/items/show/500.