The Geometry of Burning-Mirrors in Antiquity

DOI10.1086/353176zbMath0547.01003OpenAlexW2072518162WikidataQ56156298 ScholiaQ56156298MaRDI QIDQ3338171

Wilbur R. Knorr

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Isis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1086/353176

zbMATH Keywords

geometryanalysis and synthesisArchimedesDioclesburning mirrorsAnthemius

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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