| Collection | GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Ref No | MS 2206/8/10 |
| Alt Ref No | 15 (18) |
| Title | Gregory family: papers of James Gregory (1753 - 1821): 'Essay towards an investigation of the exact import and extent of the common notion of the relation of cause and effect in physics, and of the real nature of that relation', by James Gregory (1753 - 1821) |
| Date | 1780s |
| Extent | 3 volumes |
| Creator Name | Gregory, James (1753 - 1821), professor of the practice and theory of physic at the University of Edinburgh |
| Description | 'Essay towards an investigation of the exact import and extent of the common notion of the relation of cause and effect in physics, and of the real nature of that relation' by James Gregory.
The essay is in three parts. Parts I and III (in three volumes) present but part II is missing.
Part 1 read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh, November 1784 and March 1785 (1 volume, handwritten and paginated 1-144)
Part 3 section 1 On the Notion of Activity (1 volume, handwritten and paginated 1-37)
Part 3 Section 2 Of the different modes of expressing in language the relation of activity and that of causation; and of the proof such differences afford, of corresponding differences in the natural conceptions of mankind concerning these relations and of a real difference between them (1 volume, handwritten and paginated 1-71)
Part 3 Section 3 Activity cont (1 volume, handwritten and paginated 1-39). |
| Access Status | Open |
| Access Conditions | The records are available subject to the signed acceptance of the Department's access conditions. |
| Related Material | The missing Part II of this series is held by Edinburgh University Library (MS. La. III. 789). |