The parallelogram rule from Pseudo-Aristotle to Newton

DOI10.1007/s00407-016-0183-2zbMath1367.01053OpenAlexW2547146895MaRDI QIDQ524418

David Marshall Miller

Publication date: 2 May 2017

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-016-0183-2

zbMATH Keywords

NewtonJohn Wallisparallelogram rulePierre VarignonSimon Stevin

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of mathematics and mathematicians (01A99) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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