[Mathematical treatise]

Saunderson, Nicholas, 1682-1739, author · 1747 · 2 pictures

A manuscript mathematical treatise attributed to Nicholas Saunderson, 1682-1739, dated 1747, held by the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, with handwritten text in columns beside ruled geometric diagrams. The pages show hand-drawn triangles, semicircles, parabolic curves and labelled construction lines in brown ink on cream paper. A designer could take the sparse, precise linework and the annotated figure-plate layout as a model for technical diagrams with minimal ornament.

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