Paper, 'De imaginibus pyramidatibus' [On pyramidate figures] by unknown author
Reference number: CLP/1/26
Date: 17th century
Description
Paper and diagrams relating to anamorphosis, which had been of interest to artists since the sixteenth century. Various rules for creating anamorphic images may be found, for example, in Jean-François Nicéron's Thaumaturgus opticus, sive amiranda optices (1646). Includes a page on 'Imagines speculares quae videntur in cylindro' [Images as they appear in mica cylinders].
Four diagrams present in text.
Subject: Mathematics / Natural philosophy
- Reference number
- CLP/1/26
- Earliest possible date
- 17th century
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, 'De imaginibus pyramidatibus' [On pyramidate figures] by unknown author, 17th century, CLP/1/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_1_26/paper-de-imaginibus-pyramidatibus-on-pyramidate-figures-by-unknown-author, accessed on 15 May 2025
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Classified papers: volume 1 concerning 'Arithmetick, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry'
1669-1731 Reference number: CLP/1
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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