Title

Elementos de Matematica' by Benito Bails

Caption

Elementos de Matematica' (Elements of Mathematics), by the Spanish architect and mathematician Benito Bails (1730-1797). Engraving with depiction of workers labouring in a riverbed. Volume IX, 2nd part, which treats the civil architecture. Published in Madrid, 1790. (Photo by: Prisma/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Date

Jun 11, 2018

Credit line

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Reference

UMG22A72_051

License type

Rights managed

Available size

31,9Mb (2,3Mb) / 10,1in x 12,3in / 3029 x 3679 (300dpi)

Keywords

working 1790s 18th century Benito Bails Elements of Mathematics Enlightenment Europe Modern Age Spain Spanish architecture calculations engineering engraving european history hydraulic labouring mason mathematician mathematics men modern era river scaffolding science technology water wood workers working