- did not happen,
Archimedes may have
written a work on
mirrors entitled Catoptrica, and
Lucian and Galen,
writing in the
second century AD,
mentioned that...
-
first variational principle in
physics was
articulated by
Euclid in his
Catoptrica. It says that, for the path of
light reflecting from a mirror, the angle...
- Mechanica,
written for architects,
containing means to lift
heavy objects Catoptrica,
about the
progression of light,
reflection and the use of
mirrors Works...
-
preceded by
earlier ideas in optics. In
ancient Greece,
Euclid wrote in his
Catoptrica that, for the path of
light reflecting from a mirror, the
angle of incidence...
-
books IV to VII Euclid, On
Divisions of
Figures Euclid, On
Weights Heron,
Catoptrica Heron,
Mechanica Menelaus,
Sphaerica Pappus,
Commentary on Euclid's Elements...
- the interspaces,
their fire is no whit
shrunken to the sight. In his
Catoptrica, Hero of
Alexandria showed by a
geometrical method that the
actual path...
-
covers all of Euclid's works,
including Data, Phaenomena,
Optica and
Catoptrica along with
numerous editions of the Elements, in many languages. There...
- from Arabic, c. 1126;
revised by Camp**** of Novara, c. 1254
Optica and
Catoptrica: from Gr****,
probably Sicily Apollonius (3rd
century B.C.) Conica: perhaps...
-
Johannes Oporinus Basel Edited by
Hieronymus Wolfius. 1557 Euclides, Optica,
Catoptrica,
Sectio Canonis and
Introductio harmonica Andreas Wechelus Paris Edited...
- "deviations from a
straight course"; in
ancient Greece Euclid states in his
Catoptrica that, for the path of
light reflecting from a mirror, the
angle of incidence...
