Bramer

Benjamin Bramer

Born: 15 Feb 1588 in Felsberg, Germany
Died: 17 March 1652 in Ziegenhain, Germany

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Benjamin Bramer was fostered by his sister and her husband Bürgi after the death of his father. Bürgi tutored Bramer in mathematics and Bramer became interested in combining mathematics with architecture. He directed constructions of fortifications and castles.

His first publication was on the calculation of sines. He also published on the vacuum, holding similar views to Galileo. He followed Alberti (1435), Dürer (1525) and Bürgi (1604) when in 1630 he constructed a device that enabled one to draw accurate geometric perspective. The instrument had been described in a 1617 publication. Bramer designed several other mathematical instruments.

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References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. F W Strieder, Nouvelles annales de mathématique (Bulletin de biographie) (Paris, 1858), 75-.
  3. W Medding, Das Projekt einer Zentalkirche des hessischen Hofbaumeisters Benjamin Bramer, Hessenland, Heimatzeitschrift für Kurhessen 49 (Marburg, 1938), 82-. 
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