Early modern mathematical instruments

DOI10.1086/663607zbMATH Open1263.01005OpenAlexW2083165269WikidataQ38370181 ScholiaQ38370181MaRDI QIDQ2906783FDOQ2906783

Authors: Jim Bennett 

Publication date: 5 September 2012

Published in: ISIS (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1086/663607

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zbMATH Keywords

mathematical instrumentsearly modern mathematicsexperimental instruments

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) General histories, source books (01A05)

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