Timeline for When did mathematicians transition from peg and rope to straightedege and compass?
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| Sep 16, 2019 at 20:36 | comment | added | Conifold | @ChrisJudge Egyptians already had architectural drawings, even on papyrus. Since the evidence is very scarce, not much can be said. Presumably, dividers were used on papyrus, as Leonardis says, and ropes on the ground. But the extra abstraction is not specific to this, Mesopotamian statue of Gudea from c. 2100 BC already had a ground plan etched into it. You could ask a separate question about the transition from direct construction to pre-planned design. | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 18:32 | comment | added | Chris Judge | You did address the transition in part, and so I accepted your answer. But what about the transition from presumably peg and rope construction in the field to the practice of drawing with say divider and charcoal on whitened boards? This involves a new layer of abstraction. We go from constructing on site to designing in the abstract. Do we know much about this? | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 18:20 | vote | accept | Chris Judge | ||
| Sep 16, 2019 at 4:37 | history | answered | Conifold | CC BY-SA 4.0 |