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You can also try paper, pencil, ruler and compass.
by danbruc 3y ago
You can also try paper, pencil, ruler and compass.
- hughes 3y agoYou can try a bit of burnt wood and a cave wall.
- lapetitejort 3y agoYou can use a stick and some dirt, as long as no Macedonian kings block your sun
- shashanoid 3y ago[flagged]
- blt 3y agowow, apparently this comment touched a nerve
- dylan604 3y agoDo schools even teach paper/pencil/ruler/compass any more? I get not teaching slide rule, but using a straight edge and compass is even older than slide rule. I actually enjoyed drawing things like this, but I know that's not something all do. I can easily see where this is something lost with CAD and other graphing apps.
- lupire 3y agoYes, but they use a "non-collapsing" compass that can transmit distances without constructing them, not Euclid's compass (which can be used to transmit distances, with more work). http://euclidea.xyz http://euclidea.xyz
- dylan604 3y agoI like how you responded to a question about not using apps with an app.
- an_aparallel 3y agoi have this mechanical drafting book - it's fucking amazing. Goes from simple euclidean type stuff - all the way to full parts, amazing patterns and so on: https://www.amazon.com.au/Popular-Mechanics-Art-Mechanical-Drawing/dp/1588167593 https://www.amazon.com.au/Popular-Mechanics-Art-Mechanical-D...
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- kbelder 3y agoThat's important, I think... not just historically, but to assist in concept formation. Although, replace 'ruler' with 'straightedge', to emphasize that there is no measuring.
- danbruc 3y agoI choose ruler over straightedge because that is what people will have more commonly and you can always ignore the scale.