Meter of the Nicomedes, Fig. I: Illustration of four pillars with different shading to show how pillars vary in width at different times of the day, from the 17th century, Fig. II: Illustration of a pillar from the 17th century, Fig. III: Illustration, of an instrument invented by Nicomedes to determine the conchoid (shell curve), from the 17th century, date estimated:, Pl. XVII, p. 79, 1673, Pollio Vitruvius: Les dix livres d'architecture de Vitruve: corrigez et traduits nouvellement en françois, avec des notes & des figures. Le troisième livre. A Paris: chez Jean Baptiste Coignard

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Meter of the Nicomedes, Fig. I: Illustration of four pillars with different shading to show how pillars vary in width at different times of the day, from the 17th century, Fig. II: Illustration of a pillar from the 17th century, Fig. III: Illustration, of an instrument invented by Nicomedes to determine the conchoid (shell curve), from the 17th century, date estimated:, Pl. XVII, p. 79, 1673, Pollio Vitruvius: Les dix livres d'architecture de Vitruve: corrigez et traduits nouvellement en françois, avec des notes & des figures. Le troisième livre. A Paris: chez Jean Baptiste Coignard, [...], 1673

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