%0 Book %T Descartes and the hyperbolic quest: lens making machines and their significance in the seventeenth century %A Burnett, David Graham %S Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 95,3 %D 2005 %I American Philosophical Society %C Philadelphia, Pa. %@ 0871699532 %G English %F 481814337 %O D. Graham Burnett %O Includes bibliographical references and index %L 681.42309032 %K Knowledge %K Science %K Lenses %K History %K 17th century %K Telescopes %K Conic sections %K Conics, Spherical %K Refraction %K Refractions %9 Text