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    What was the name of Albrecht Dürer's last collective writings dealing with plane geometry and construction of a 9-gon?

    Question #86095. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Sep 19 07 4:20 PM)


    voltaire11

    		I think it is the "Underweysung der messung mit dem zirckel un richtscheyt..." a collection of four books he discussed the construction of the nonagon/enneagon (usually shortened as 'Unterweisung der Messung' and translated as 'Treatise on Measurement' or 'Instructions on Measurement' but published as 'The Painter's Manual'). I can't find a good reference hope this will do:
    http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/neuneck.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=3&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dnonagon%2Bdurer%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GGLJ_enPH222PH223%26sa%3DG

    Sep 19 07, 9:20 PM
    tragic_flawed

    		good reference- thanks

    Sep 19 07, 11:36 PM

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