208 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, plans ; 30 cm

Compass and rule : architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750 / Anthony Gerbino and Stephen Johnston ; with a contribution by Gordon Higgott.

Oxford figures : 800 years of the mathematical sciences / edited by John Fauvel, Raymond Flood and Robin Wilson.

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Compass and rule : architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750 / Anthony Gerbino and Stephen Johnston ; with a contribution by Gordon Higgott.

Oxford figures : 800 years of the mathematical sciences / edited by John Fauvel, Raymond Flood and Robin Wilson.