Mathematical Treasure: Rudolph Ernst Schilling’s Die Geometrie und Trigonometrie

Author(s):

Frank J. Swetz (The Pennsylvania State University)

Rudolph Ernst Schilling (1728–1774) was a military engineer in the employ of the German city of Bremen. In 1770, he published a text on geometry and trigonometry.

Title page of Rudolph Ernst Schilling’s 1770 Die Geometrie und Trigonometrie.

Geometry plate from Rudolph Ernst Schilling’s 1770 Die Geometrie und Trigonometrie.

Trigonometry plate from Rudolph Ernst Schilling’s 1770 Die Geometrie und Trigonometrie.

The copy owned by Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen has been digitized for the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library).

Index to Mathematical Treasures

Frank J. Swetz (The Pennsylvania State University), "Mathematical Treasure: Rudolph Ernst Schilling’s Die Geometrie und Trigonometrie," Convergence (July 2023)

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Elementary Geometry