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The Three Geometrical Propositions of 1648

In: The Geometrical Work of Girard Desargues

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  • J. V. Field

    (Science Museum)

  • J. J. Gray

    (The Open University)

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These three propositions come from Abraham Bosse, La Perspective de Mr Desargues (1648, pp. 340–343). Bosse’s book is essentially a detailed reworking of Desargues’ brief Perspective of 1636 and its style throughout is discursive and diffuse. These three propositions, which occur at the very end of the book, form a contrast with the rest both in their content and in their style. There is general agreement that they are due to Desargues rather than to Bosse. They are not known to have been printed before 1648, but it is conceivable that they may have formed part of the lost Leçons de ténèbres (apparently written some time after the Rough Draft on Conics).

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  • J. V. Field & J. J. Gray, 1987. "The Three Geometrical Propositions of 1648," Springer Books, in: The Geometrical Work of Girard Desargues, chapter 0, pages 161-169, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4613-8692-6_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-8692-6_8
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