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Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest

Fletcher, Rachel

Abstract A unique geometric construction known to Thomas Jefferson reveals a rich interplay of root-two geometric elements when applied to Jefferson’s octagonal plan of Poplar Forest, his eighteenth-century villa retreat.

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Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest

Fletcher, Rachel

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Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest

Fletcher, Rachel

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Title:

Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest

Contributors:

Fletcher, Rachel (author)

Published in:

Nexus Network Journal ; 13 ; 487-498

Publication date:

2011-06-22

Size:

12 pages

ISSN:

1522-4600 , 1590-5896

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-011-0077-1

Type of media:

Article (Journal)

Type of material:

Electronic Resource

Language:

English

Keywords:

Thomas Jefferson , descriptive geometry , geometric construction , octagon , root-two Mathematics , Mathematics, general , History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics , Popular Science, general , History, general

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