Conrad Dasypodius

See also: Dasypodius

Conrad Dasypodius , of its true name Konrad Rauchfuss (° 1530 with Frauenfeld - † in 1600 with Strasbourg), wire of Pierre Dasypodius, mathematics professor with Strasbourg, traced the plan of the famous clock of the cathedral of this city and wrote some description in its Heron mechanicus , 1580.

Biography

It served this science usefully, while publishing in Greek and Latin the first two books of Euclide, and the proposals of the three following books (Strasbourg, 1564, in-8°); one allots also a translation of the Sphériques of Théodose, and reflecting Optique to him of Euclide. Its Analysis geometrica sex libri Euclidis , Strasbourg, 1566, in-fol., is a work where it reduced in form Syllogisme the demonstrations of the Greek geometrician. The first and fifth books of this work belong to Christoph Herlin; Dasypodius did only the four others, and he proposed to publish in a body the Greek mathematicians; but death stopped its projects and removed it the April 26th 1600, at the 68 years age.

Dasypodius especially contributed to make known the collection of works of Antiquity gathered under the title of Petite Astronomy (in opposition to the Almageste, the large Astronomie), by establishing starting from various manuscripts (1572) the text (Greek) of the sphere moving of Autolycos de Pitane, the Sphere of Théodose of Tripoli, etc

It is on its drawings that in 1580 the famous clock of the cathedral of Strasbourg was made, which passed a long time for most beautiful from Europe, and from which it gave description in its Héron mathematicus , Strasbourg, 1580, in-4°. (See: Blumhof, Test on the life and works of Conr. Dasypodius , with a foreword of Kaestner, in-8°, Gottingue, 1798)

Works

  • (with Christoph Herlin) Analysis geometriæ sex librórum Euclidis (1566), impr. J. Richelius, Strasbourg
  • Sphæricæ doctrinæ propositiones Græcæ and latinæ: Theodosi of will sphæra libri III, Of habitationibus liber, Diebus and noctibus libri II. Autolici of will sphæra mobili liber. Of ortu and occasu stellarum libri II… (1572), impr. Christian Mylius, Strasbourg
  • Lexicon seu dictionarium mathematicum (1573) (8 vol. 4).
  • Oratio Cunradi Dasypodii of disciplinis mathematicis… (1579), impr. Nicolaus Wyriot, Strasbourg (1 vol. in-8°)
  • Heron mechanicus , (1580).

External bonds

  • historical Dictionary of Switzerland
  • DASYPODIUS: Sundials of Alsace
  • The Galileo Project
  • Association of culture and museography scientists
  • Vitæ Germanorum Philosophorum

Source

Random links:Intercontinental airport George-Bush of Houston | Carpos | Star Trek VI: Unknown ground | Cai Lun | BMW K1200 | Rube_Marquard