Author | Dijksterhuis, E. J. author |
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Title | Simon Stevin [electronic resource] : Science in the Netherlands around 1600 / by E. J. Dijksterhuis |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1970 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3207-0 |
Descript | 152 p. online resource |
I. Stevinsโ Life -- II. Mathematics -- Sixteenth-Century Mathematics -- Stevinโs Mathematical Work -- 1. De Thiende -- 2. Tables of Interest -- 3. Arithmetic and Algebra -- 4. Geometry -- III. Mechanics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Aristotelean and Archimedean Mechanics -- 3. Stevinโs Criticism of the Principle of Virtual Displacements -- 4. The Art of Weighing (De Weeghconst) -- 5. The Practice of Weighing (Weeghdaet) -- IV. Hydrostatics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Archimedean Principle -- 3. The Force Exerted on the Bottom -- 4. The Force Exerted on the Walls -- 5. The Problem of the Diver -- 6. On Floating Top-Heaviness (Vlietende Topswaerheyt) -- 7. Summary -- V. Astronomy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Heavenly Motions (Hemelloop) -- 3. Stevinโs Method -- 4. The Plan of the Work -- 5. Copernican Astronomy -- 6. Theological Opposition -- 7. The Nova Zembla Phenomenon -- 8. The Tides -- VI. Navigation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Sailings (Zeylstreken) -- 3. Great-Circle Sailing -- 4. Loxodromic Sailing -- 5. The Haven-Finding Art (Havenvinding) -- VII. Technology -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Mills -- 3. Sluices and Locks -- 4. Hydraulic Engineering -- 5. Geomorphology -- 6. The Sailing Chariot -- VIII. Military Science -- A. Fortification -- B. The Marking out of Army Camps (Castrametatio) -- IX. Architecture -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Town-Planning -- 3. House-Building -- X. Double-Entry Book-Keeping -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Mercantile Book-Keeping -- 3. Princely Book-Keeping -- XI. Music -- XII. Civic Matters -- A. The Citizen -- B. The Prince -- XIII. Stevin and the Dutch Language -- XIV. Stevinโs Personality -- XV. Stevinโs Works