Known as the father of descriptive geometry, Gaspard Monge (1746–1818) was born in Beaune, Burgundy in France. Attending college at an early age, Monge showed mathematical talent early on. He drew a ...

PERHAPS the most notable feature of this work is its logical development of the subject. Beginning with the point in space we are shown its plan, front elevation, and side elevation, when situated in ...

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Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol. 31, No. 11 (November 15, 1941), pp. 441-453 (13 pages) ...

THANKS to Messrs. Kempe, Hart, and other writers on Linkages, we are able “Curvo dignoscere rectum,” and “Parallels design Sure as Demoivre” could. The title of the work before us shows that it is not ...