Prodromes of descriptive geometry in the \textit{Traité de stéréotomie} by Amédée François Frézier

DOI10.1007/S00004-011-0086-0zbMath1380.51002OpenAlexW2082260502MaRDI QIDQ1697014

Marta Salvatore

Publication date: 15 February 2018

Published in: Nexus Network Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-011-0086-0

zbMATH Keywords

conic sectionsquadric surfacescircular sectionsdescriptive geometryGirard Desarguesstereotomystonecuttingright conequartics\textit{coupe de pierres}Alexis Claude ClairautAmédée François Fréziercurves of double curvaturemasonry architectureoblique conestonecutters

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of geometry (51-03)

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