Knowledge (XXG)

Benjamin Bramer

Source 📝

145: 181:
Problema wie aus bekannt gegebenem sinu eines Grades, Minuten oder Sekunden alle folgenden sinus aufs leichtests zu finden und der canon sinuum zu absolvieren sei
136:
with his foster father after Bürgi was appointed to the imperial court. Bramer would stay there for five years before returning to Kassel to begin his career.
336: 132:
after being adopted. Bürgi educated Bramer from a young age, particularly in the fields of mathematics and architecture. When Bramer was 16 he stayed in
341: 204:
Trigonometrica planorum mechanica oder Unterricht und Beschreibung eines neuen und sehr bequemen geometrischen Instrumentes zu allerhand Abmessung
189:
Kurze Meldung vom Vacuo oder leerem Orte, neben anderen wunderbaren und subtilen Quaestionen, desgleichen Nic Cusani Dialogus von Waag und Gewicht
346: 124:
to a Protestant minister father. The minister later died when Bramer was three years old. This led him to be adopted by his brother-in-law,
206:. Although he is typically not credited with the invention of the pantograph, his early design is superior to the pantograph invented by 297: 144: 287: 153: 173: 199: 148:
Title page of the Benjamin Bramer's booklet Problema wie aus bekannt gegebenem sinu (...), Marburg, 1614
164:
caused him to begin focusing on the design of military fortifications. One such fortification was the
331: 326: 161: 169: 57: 234: 207: 293: 121: 39: 165: 260: 320: 125: 97: 289:
Teacher's Assistant Course Mathematics Adapted Method Instruction American Colleges
195: 183:
he described various measures to calculate sines. He also published a work on
128:, who was a prominent mathematician at the time. He moved to Bürgi's home in 101: 241:. School of Mathematics and Statistics University of St Andrews, Scotland 157: 105: 184: 109: 133: 129: 143: 179:
Bramer's first scientific publication was in 1614. Titled
156:. He advised him to construct a new church in the town of 202:
which he described in an earlier 1617 publication titled
152:
One of his first jobs was as an architectural adviser to
79: 64: 46: 25: 18: 96:(15 February 1588 – 17 March 1652) was a German 292:. New Haven: Durrie & Peck. p. 223. 8: 172:. In 1635 he became the master builder of 15: 219: 120:Bramer was born on 15 February 1588 in 229: 227: 225: 223: 7: 337:17th-century German mathematicians 14: 194:In 1630, he constructed an early 239:www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk 342:17th-century German architects 198:enabling him to draw accurate 1: 347:17th-century German inventors 160:, but the out break of the 154:Count Christian von Waldeck 363: 168:which he improved for the 87: 72: 286:Day, Jeremiah (1836). 149: 200:geometric perspective 147: 174:Ziegenhain Fortress 58:Ziegenhain, Germany 261:"Bramer, Benjamin" 208:Christoph Scheiner 150: 267:. Galileo Project 235:"Benjamin Bramer" 162:Thirty Years' War 122:Felsberg, Germany 91: 90: 74:Scientific career 40:Felsberg, Germany 36:February 15, 1588 354: 311: 310: 308: 306: 283: 277: 276: 274: 272: 265:galileo.rice.edu 257: 251: 250: 248: 246: 231: 166:Rheinfels Castle 53: 35: 33: 16: 362: 361: 357: 356: 355: 353: 352: 351: 317: 316: 315: 314: 304: 302: 300: 285: 284: 280: 270: 268: 259: 258: 254: 244: 242: 233: 232: 221: 216: 142: 118: 94:Benjamin Bramer 60: 55: 51: 42: 37: 31: 29: 21: 20:Benjamin Bramer 12: 11: 5: 360: 358: 350: 349: 344: 339: 334: 329: 319: 318: 313: 312: 298: 278: 252: 218: 217: 215: 212: 170:Count of Solms 141: 138: 117: 114: 89: 88: 85: 84: 81: 77: 76: 70: 69: 66: 62: 61: 56: 54:(aged 64) 50:March 17, 1652 48: 44: 43: 38: 27: 23: 22: 19: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 359: 348: 345: 343: 340: 338: 335: 333: 330: 328: 325: 324: 322: 301: 299:9781130672251 295: 291: 290: 282: 279: 266: 262: 256: 253: 240: 236: 230: 228: 226: 224: 220: 213: 211: 209: 205: 201: 197: 192: 190: 186: 182: 177: 175: 171: 167: 163: 159: 155: 146: 139: 137: 135: 131: 127: 123: 115: 113: 111: 107: 103: 99: 98:mathematician 95: 86: 82: 78: 75: 71: 67: 63: 59: 49: 45: 41: 28: 24: 17: 303:. Retrieved 288: 281: 269:. Retrieved 264: 255: 243:. Retrieved 238: 203: 193: 188: 180: 178: 151: 119: 93: 92: 73: 52:(1652-03-17) 332:1652 deaths 327:1588 births 83:Mathematics 65:Nationality 321:Categories 214:References 196:pantograph 126:Jost Bürgi 116:Early life 32:1588-02-15 102:architect 158:Widungen 106:inventor 305:25 June 271:25 June 245:25 June 187:titled 185:vacuums 110:adviser 296:  140:Career 134:Prague 130:Kassel 108:, and 80:Fields 68:German 307:2015 294:ISBN 273:2015 247:2015 47:Died 26:Born 323:: 263:. 237:. 222:^ 210:. 191:. 176:. 112:. 104:, 100:, 309:. 275:. 249:. 34:) 30:(

Index

Felsberg, Germany
Ziegenhain, Germany
mathematician
architect
inventor
adviser
Felsberg, Germany
Jost Bürgi
Kassel
Prague

Count Christian von Waldeck
Widungen
Thirty Years' War
Rheinfels Castle
Count of Solms
Ziegenhain Fortress
vacuums
pantograph
geometric perspective
Christoph Scheiner




"Benjamin Bramer"
"Bramer, Benjamin"
Teacher's Assistant Course Mathematics Adapted Method Instruction American Colleges
ISBN
9781130672251

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.