``Knowledge gained by experience: Olaus Henrici -- engineer, geometer and maker of mathematical models

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2020.10.003zbMath1471.01014OpenAlexW3095655803MaRDI QIDQ2034536

June Barrow-Green

Publication date: 22 June 2021

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2020.10.003

zbMATH Keywords

models of surfacesgeometry in 19th-century Britain

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of geometry (51-03) History of mathematics education (97-03)

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