The octant projection or octants projection, is a type of map projection proposed the first time, in 1508, by Leonardo da Vinci in his Codex Atlanticus...

world map is the name assigned to a unique world map drawn using the "octant projection" and found loosely inserted among a Codex of Leonardo da Vinci preserved...

The solid angle subtended at the corner of a cube (an octant) or spanned by a spherical octant is π/2  sr, one-eight of the solid angle of a sphere. Solid...

Leonardo's relationship with the authorship of the octant-type projection of the globe (projection used in the world map discovered by Richard Henry Major...

sum of the angles may attain 5π (3π for proper angles). For example, an octant of a sphere is a spherical triangle with three right angles, so that the...

replaced the Davis quadrant and the octant as the main instrument for navigation. The sextant was derived from the octant in order to provide for the lunar...

accurate instruments, including the kamal, astrolabe, octant, and sextant. The sextant and octant are most accurate because they measure angles from the...

piston. 1730: Thomas Godfrey and John Hadley independently develop the octant 1733: John Kay enables one person to operate a loom with the flying shuttle...

n-space. Because the components of n have to be positive, this shell spans an octant of a sphere. The number of photon states g(ε) dε, in an energy range dε...

being inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. 1730 Octant An octant, also called "reflecting quadrant", is a measuring instrument used...