Co-ordinate geometry. 16th-century woodcut showing a man pierced by spear-like rods,to show terms used in co-ordinate geometry. The labels are in Latin: width (latitudo),length (longitudo) and depth (profunditas). The ends of each rod are also labelled: to the right (dextrorsum),to the left (sinistrorsum),upwards (sursum),downwards (deorsum),backwards (retrorsum) and forwards (antrorsum). This artwork is from 'Aepitoma omnis phylosophiae' (1504) by the German author Georg Reisch (c.1467-1525). This work is better known as 'Margarita philosophica' and was first published in 1503 | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Middle Temple Library |
Bildgröße: | 4134 px × 4267 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
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