Methodus Curvas Determinandi, Methodus Curvas determinandi, quæ formantur a radiis reflexis, quorum incidentes ut paralleli considerantur, per D.T. (pp.68-73, 1 Taf.).

Tschirnhaus, Ehrenfried Walther v.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1690

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Acta Eruditorum, 1690/ 2. - Leipzig, Grossium & Gleditsch, Februar 1690, 4°, pp.57-104, 3 Kupferstichtafeln, feiner Pappband. First Print of the original report! "Tschirnhaus in 1682 was the first in print with a determination of the catacaustic, but Philippe de La Hire quickly recognized that his solution was erroneous. In 1690 Tschirnhaus did publish a correct solution without, however, citing Barrow and Huygens. " Mordechai Feingold (Ed.): Before Newton: The Life and Times of Isaac Barrow (1990), pp.157-159, 176 Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (or Tschirnhausen) (10 April 1651 - 11 October 1708) German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher. He introduced the Tschirnhaus transformation. See - The Work of Tschirnhaus, La Hire and Leibniz on Catacaustics and the Birth of the Envelopes of Lines in the 17th Century. Archive for History of Exact Sciences, March 2005, Volume 59, Issue 3, pp 223-250 Herzberger, M. : Strahlenoptik (1931), p. 182, 192. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 61447

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Titel: Methodus Curvas Determinandi, Methodus ...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1690

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