Andreas Albrecht (mathematician)

{{Short description|German mathematician (1586–1628)}}

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Andreas Albrecht (Nuremberg 1586 – Hamburg 1628) was a German mathematician and engineer. Albrecht invented a variety of instruments, some of which are described in his treatises on architecture and perspective: Instrument zur Architectur (Nuremberg, 1622); Eygendliche Beschreibung (Nuremberg, 1625); and Duo Libri. Prior de Perspectiva ... Posterior de umbra ... (Nuremberg, 1625).Fritz Schnelbögl. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q_Q_AQAAIAAJ Beiträge zur Geschichte und Kultur der Stadt Nürnberg, Volume 10] Stadtbibliothek, 1967, p26