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Interactive visualization of a surveying instruction
This visualization presents the user with the subsequent steps required to solve a surveying problem, typical for 17th-century instruction books. The user is asked to determine... -
Interactive animation of Descartes Refraction
This visualization shows how René Descartes explained the refraction of light in terms of his mechanistic philosophy (cfr. 'Les Météores' in Discours de la Méthode, 1637).... -
Interactive visualisation of fortification
This visualization shows how Early Modern science attempted to tackle real-life problems with applied mathematics. Starting from the fortification principles set out in Simon... -
Animated, interactive 3D visualization of a corn mill, after a description by...
In this visualization, a 16th-century depiction of a corn mill is brought to life and interactively presented to the user. The source is Agostino Ramelli's Le Diverse et... -
Interactive visualisation of Swammerdam’s microscopic drawings
In this visualization, the famous drawings on insect anatomy by Jan Swammerdam are presented in an accessible manner, allowing for easy comparison. Notwithstanding the...
