Genre:

Notes, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct. [3]

Subjects:

Mathematics

People mentioned:

Euclid

    Extracts from an 'old volume in the British Museum, entitled "Formes and Fashiones by Geometry"'. The extract explains how to 'construct ye militari Hatt' and flower pots by transformations of a triangular figure. The illustration comprises geometrical diagrams showing the construction of the hat.