Andreas Albrecht (mathematician)
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(Two books: the first of the Perspectiva ... the other of the corresponding shadow)
Andreas Albrecht (Nuremberg 1586 – Hamburg 1628) was a German mathematician and engineer. Albrecht invented a variety of instruments, some of which are described in his treatises on architecture and perspective: Instrument zur Architectur (Nuremberg, 1622); Eygendliche Beschreibung (Nuremberg, 1625); and Duo Libri. Prior de Perspectiva ... Posterior de umbra ... (Nuremberg, 1625).[1]
References
- ^ Fritz Schnelbögl. Beiträge zur Geschichte und Kultur der Stadt Nürnberg, Volume 10 Stadtbibliothek, 1967, p26
External links
"Museo Galileo - object description".