Solving Ertha Diggs's ancient stone arch mystery

DOI10.1007/S00004-006-0019-5MaRDI QIDQ871645zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael Serra

Publication date 20 March 2007

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-006-0019-5

zbMATH Keywords

mechanicsconstructionArch

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics and mathematicians (01A99) History of geometry (51-03)

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